Meanings
noundiacetylene (countable and uncountable, plural diacetylenes)
plural diacetylenes
- countableuncountablechemistryA highly unsaturated hydrocarbon, HC≡C-C≡CH, the simplest polyyne
- countableuncountablechemistryAny of its derivatives, R₂C≡C-C≡CR₂, used in the manufacture of polydiacetylene
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