Meaning

1 senses
  1. The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula HC≡CH or C₂H₂.

    Ethin, Äthin

    эти́нetín

    ети́нetýn

More definitions
  • a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis

Translations

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Українська
By meaning 1
the compound C2H2:
Русский
By meaning 1
the compound C2H2:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the compound C2H2:

Forms

plural: ethynes
Singularethyne
Pluralethynes

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis:acetylenealkyne

Word family

2 related words

See also

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