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octadecyne

octadecyne noun: any aliphatic hydrocarbon having a chain of eighteen carbon atoms and containing one triple bond.

Noun

octadecyne (uncountable)

  1. Any aliphatic hydrocarbon having a chain of eighteen carbon atoms and containing one triple bond.

Origin of octadecyne

From octadec- + -yne.

Questions about octadecyne

What does octadecyne mean?
Octadecyne means any aliphatic hydrocarbon having a chain of eighteen carbon atoms and containing one triple bond.
What part of speech is octadecyne?
Octadecyne is a noun.

Words near octadecyne in the dictionary

  1. octadecyl
  2. octadecylamine
  3. octadecylamines
  4. octadecyls
  5. octadecylsilane
  6. octadecyne
  7. octadehydrocorrin
  8. octadehydrocorrins
  9. octadentate
  10. octadepsipeptide
  11. octadepsipeptides

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