diene

[dahy-een, dahy-een]

noun Chemistry.

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

Origin of diene

First recorded in 1915–20; di-¹ + -ene

Also called diolefin.

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British Dictionary definitions for diene

diene

noun

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

Word Origin

from di- 1 + -ene

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