triene

[ trahy-een ]

nounChemistry.
  1. any compound containing three double bonds.

Origin of triene

1
First recorded in 1925–30; tri- + -ene

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British Dictionary definitions for triene

triene

/ (ˈtraɪˌiːn) /


noun
  1. a chemical compound containing three double bonds

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