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hydrogenating

hydrogenating is the present participle and gerund of hydrogenate.

Meaning of hydrogenate

Verb

hydrogenate (third-person singular simple present hydrogenates, present participle hydrogenating, simple past and past participle hydrogenated)

  1. (transitive) To treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat.

Questions about hydrogenating

What is hydrogenating the present participle and gerund of?
Hydrogenating is the present participle and gerund of hydrogenate.

Words near hydrogenating in the dictionary

  1. hydrogenase
  2. hydrogenases
  3. hydrogenate
  4. hydrogenated
  5. hydrogenates
  6. hydrogenating
  7. hydrogenation
  8. hydrogenations
  9. hydrogenative
  10. hydrogenator
  11. hydrogenators

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