ENE

¹

Or E.N.E.

abbreviation

1. east-northeast.

-ene

²

Chemistry.

1. a suffix used to form names of unsaturated hydrocarbons (anthracene; benzene ), especially those of the alkene series (butylene ).

ENE

¹

symbol

1. east-northeast

-ene

²

combining form

1. (in chemistry) indicating an unsaturated compound containing double bonds

   benzene

   ethylene

–ene

1. A suffix used to form the names of hydrocarbons having one or more double bonds, such as benzene.

Word History and Origins

Origin of –ene¹

< Greek -ēnē, feminine of -ēnos, adj. suffix denoting origin or source

Word History and Origins

Origin of –ene¹

from Greek -ēnē, feminine patronymic suffix

Example Sentences

The cause was kidney failure, his wife, Ene Riisna, said.

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"We want to keep our territory safe and healthy. They say when they take crude they bring health, education, but we don't see anything, there's no development," Ene Nenquimo, a national Waorani leader, told Reuters during a visit to Yasuni communities.

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Peru's largest area of coca cultivation and cocaine production remains the Valley of the Apurímac, Ene and Mantaro rivers, or VRAEM, accounting for some 35,709 hectares, Figueroa said.

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It’s because you’re a newbie and you’re on the trail and you hear a sound, and then you start thinking, Is that a leaf falling down or is that an animal or my God it could be the ene-... by that time you’re dead.

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The attack took place in the town of Natividad, in the remote Andean and jungle region known as the VRAEM, or Valle de los Rios Apurimac, Ene y Mantaro, which produces 75% of the South American nation's cocaine.

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