Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ethyne

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ethyne
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula HC≡CH or C₂H₂.

Inflected Forms

ethynes (plural)

Derived Forms

dipropylethyne ethynium

Synonyms

acetylene alkyne

Questions

What does ethyne mean?: The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula HC≡CH or C₂H₂.

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