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cyclopropane

cyclopropane · cyclopropanes

Cyclopropan

The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₃H₆, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an…The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₃H₆, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an anaesthetic.

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, uncountable)The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₃H₆, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an anaesthetic.
Cyclopropan
a colorless flammable gas sometimes used as an inhalation anesthetic

Translations

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Deutsch

By meaning 1

the simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6:

Forms

plural: cyclopropanes

Singular	cyclopropane
Plural	cyclopropanes

regular

Word family

13 related words

Derivedcyclopropanation cyclopropanetrione cyclopropannulated cyclopropannulation cyclopropanone cyclopropyl dibromocyclopropane dichlorocyclopropane methylenecyclopropane milnacipran spirocyclopropane tetramethylcyclopropane tranylcypromine

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

cyclical cyclistB2 cyclone cyclops cylinder cymbal

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