Usually means: Simplest hydrocarbon, one carbon atom.
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▸ noun:  (chemistry) carbyne

Similar:
methylacetylene, methylidene, cyanomethane, methylidenyl, methylium, methylhydrazine, cyanomethyl, methylidynium, methyl, methylcytidine, more...

Opposite:
carbyne, methanediyl, methylene, carbene

Phrases:
methylidyne group, Methylidyne radical, more...

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Similar:
methylacetylene, methylidene, cyanomethane, methylidenyl, methylium, methylhydrazine, cyanomethyl, methylidynium, methyl, methylcytidine, more...

Opposite:
carbyne, methanediyl, methylene, carbene

Phrases:
methylidyne group, Methylidyne radical, more...



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