Olefin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene, having the general formula CnH2n; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond.
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  • n. Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Olefiant gas, or ethylene. See ethylene.
  • n. Any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is the type; a member of the alkene series of hydrocarbons; an alkene.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon
    • Equivalent
    olefine   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aliphatic compound   
    Variant
    ethylene   
    Hyponym
    ethylene    ethene   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    alkene   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    polyolefin   
     
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