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diacetylene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-acety-lene
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A highly unsaturated hydrocarbon, HC≡C-C≡CH, the simplest polyyne

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of its derivatives, R₂C≡C-C≡CR₂, used in the manufacture of polydiacetylene

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

diacetylenes (plural)

Synonyms

butadiyne

Questions

What does diacetylene mean?
A highly unsaturated hydrocarbon, HC≡C-C≡CH, the simplest polyyne

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