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hexamine

US/ˈhɛk.səˌmin/

hexamine is the contraction of hexamethylenetetramine.

Meaning of hexamethylenetetramine

Noun

hexamethylenetetramine (countable and uncountable, plural hexamethylenetetramines)

  1. A crystalline compound C₆H₁₂N₄ used especially as an accelerator in vulcanizing rubber.

Forms of hexamine

pluralhexamines

Words formed from hexamine

Phrases with hexamine

Questions about hexamine

What is hexamine the contraction of?
Hexamine is the contraction of hexamethylenetetramine.
How do you pronounce hexamine?
Hexamine is pronounced /ˈhɛk.səˌmin/ (US).

Words near hexamine in the dictionary

  1. hexametrize
  2. hexametrized
  3. hexametrizes
  4. hexametrizing
  5. hexamidine
  6. hexamine
  7. hexamine stove
  8. hexamine stoves
  9. hexamines
  10. hexaminidase
  11. hexaminidases

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hexamine (page history and authors); hexamethylenetetramine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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