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thietane

thietane noun: any of a class of saturated heterocycles having a four-membered ring, three carbon atoms and one sulfur atom.

Noun

thietane (plural thietanes)

  1. Any of a class of saturated heterocycles having a four-membered ring, three carbon atoms and one sulfur atom

Forms of thietane

pluralthietanes

Origin of thietane

theio- + (bu)tane

Words formed from thietane

Questions about thietane

What does thietane mean?
Thietane means any of a class of saturated heterocycles having a four-membered ring, three carbon atoms and one sulfur atom.
What part of speech is thietane?
Thietane is a noun.
What is the plural of thietane?
The plural of thietane is thietanes.

Words near thietane in the dictionary

  1. Thies
  2. Thiesen
  3. Thiesens
  4. Thiessen
  5. Thiessens
  6. thietane
  7. thietanes
  8. thiete
  9. thietes
  10. thiethylperazine
  11. thietsie

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