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diene

[ dahy-een, dahy-een ]
/ ˈdaɪ in, daɪˈin /

noun Chemistry.

any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH2=CH−CH=CH2, that contains two double bonds.

Nearby words

  1. diem, ngo dinh,
  2. dien bien phu,
  3. dienbienphu,
  4. diencephalic,
  5. diencephalon,
  6. dientamoeba fragilis,
  7. dieppe,
  8. dieresis,
  9. dieretic,
  10. dies

Origin of diene

First recorded in 1915–20; di-1 + -ene
Also called diolefin.
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British Dictionary definitions for diene

diene

/ (ˈdaɪiːn) /

noun

chem a hydrocarbon that contains two carbon-to-carbon double bonds in its molecules

Word Origin for diene

from di- 1 + -ene
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