hydrocarbon [hahy-druh -kahr -buh n, hahy -druh -kahr-] EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN
noun any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon , as an alkane, methane, CH4 , an alkene, ethylene, C2 H4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C2 H2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C6 H6 . Related forms hy·dro·car·bo·na·ceous , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for hydrocarbon Contemporary Examples of hydrocarbon The hydrocarbon bonanza in the United States gives Obama a significant opportunity.
That horizontal segment allows the well to have far greater exposure to the hydrocarbon reservoir.
In Denmark, the poster child for wind power, neither carbon dioxide emissions nor hydrocarbon consumption have been reduced.
Historical Examples of hydrocarbon And there's a thin sprinkling of hydrocarbon molecules out there too.
These three bands reveal the existence of hydrocarbon in comets.
In this reaction the iodine of the iodide of ethyl combines with the zinc, and the hydrocarbon supposed to be ethyl is set free.
The residue contains any hydrocarbon oils or fats not converted into soap.
It is, therefore, a hydrocarbon of a very high degree of unsaturation.
British Dictionary definitions for hydrocarbon noun any organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen, such as the alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, terpenes, and arenes
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Word Origin and History for hydrocarbon n. "compound of hydrogen and carbon," 1826, formed in English from hydrogen + carbon .
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hydrocarbon [hī′drə-kär′ bən]
n. An organic compound, such as benzene and methane, that contains only carbon and hydrogen.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Any of numerous organic compounds, such as benzene, that contain only carbon and hydrogen.
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