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methine

methine noun: the tervalent functional group, -CH=, having one single bond and one double bond.

Noun

methine (plural methines)

  1. The tervalent functional group, -CH=, having one single bond and one double bond

Forms of methine

pluralmethines

Words formed from methine

Questions about methine

What does methine mean?
Methine means the tervalent functional group, -CH=, having one single bond and one double bond.
What part of speech is methine?
Methine is a noun.
What is the plural of methine?
The plural of methine is methines.

Words near methine in the dictionary

  1. methiglum
  2. Methil
  3. Methilhill
  4. methimazole
  5. methimazoles
  6. methine
  7. methines
  8. methinic
  9. methink
  10. methinketh
  11. methinks

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