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OLEFINE
alkene, olefine, olefin
(noun) any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
olefine (countable and uncountable, plural olefines)
(chemistry) olefiant gas, or ethylene
(chemistry, by extension) any of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type
Source: Wiktionary
O"le*fine, n. Etym: [From Olefiant.] (Chem.)
Definition: Olefiant gas, or ethylene; hence, by extension, any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type. See Ethylene.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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