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methylidyne

methylidyne noun: carbyne.

Noun

methylidyne (plural methylidynes)

  1. carbyne

Forms of methylidyne

pluralmethylidynes

Origin of methylidyne

From methyl + -ide + -yne.

Questions about methylidyne

What does methylidyne mean?
Methylidyne means carbyne.
What part of speech is methylidyne?
Methylidyne is a noun.
What is the plural of methylidyne?
The plural of methylidyne is methylidynes.

Words near methylidyne in the dictionary

  1. methylic
  2. methylide
  3. methylidene
  4. methylidenes
  5. methylidenyl
  6. methylidyne
  7. methylidynes
  8. methylidynium
  9. methylimidazole
  10. methylimidazoles
  11. methylimidazolium

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