Meanings
noundehydrogenation (countable and uncountable, plural dehydrogenations)
plural dehydrogenations
- countableuncountablechemistryAny reaction or process in which hydrogen is removed from a substance, especially the production of unsaturated organic compounds from saturated ones.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekὑδρο- (hudro-)
- Frenchhydro-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
- Proto-Hellenic*génos
- Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
- Frenchhydrogène
- Englishhydrogen
- Englishhydrogenation
- Englishdehydrogenation
From de- + hydrogenation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan deshidrogenació
- deshidrogenacióreaction in which hydrogen is removed
French déshydrogénation
- déshydrogénationreaction in which hydrogen is removed
German Wasserstoffentziehung
- Wasserstoffentziehungreaction in which hydrogen is removed
Hungarian dehidrogénezés, hidrogénelvonás
- dehidrogénezésreaction in which hydrogen is removed
- hidrogénelvonásreaction in which hydrogen is removed
Italian deidrogenazione
- deidrogenazionereaction in which hydrogen is removed
Spanish deshidrogenación
- deshidrogenaciónreaction in which hydrogen is removed
Cite this entry
APA
dehydrogenation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehydrogenation
MLA
“dehydrogenation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehydrogenation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dehydrogenation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehydrogenation.
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