Meaning

1 senses

  1. An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.

    Alken

    алке́нalkén

    алке́нalkén

    any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds:
Русский
By meaning 1
unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds:

Forms

plural: alkenes
Singularalkene
Pluralalkenes

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
with only one carbon-carbon double bond:olefin
Close in meaning

Word family

17 related words
Relatedalkenicalkyneethylene
Derivedalkenylbisalkenebromoalkenechloroalkenecycloalkenedialkenefluoroalkenehaloalkeneheteroalkeneketoalkenemonoalkenenitroalkenephosphaalkenepolyalkene

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
alkalinealkaloidallA1
alkene — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto