English Explanatory Dictionary

-yne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one triple bond; an alkyne.
  2. A polymer derived from an alkyne.

Word forms

-yne

Etymology

Contracted from the suffix -ylene of acetylene

Related words

-ane -ene
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