POLYENE meaning: Organic compound with multiple double bonds

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polyene: Merriam-Webster
polyene: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
polyene: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
polyene: Collins English Dictionary
polyene: Wiktionary
polyene: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
polyene: Infoplease Dictionary
polyene: Dictionary.com
Polyene: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
polyene: TheFreeDictionary.com

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polyene: Encyclopedia

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polyene: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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polyene: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (polyene)

▸ noun: (chemistry) An organic compound containing several double bonds, especially one containing a sequence of many alternating single and double bonds

Similar:

monoene, polyenone, diene, enyne, polyenyl, dialkene, hexaene, pentene, oligoyne, menthene, more...

Opposite:

monene, single bond, unifunctional

Phrases:

polyene antibiotics, polyene antibiotic, more...

Adjectives:

conjugated, linear, cyclic, infinite, only, even, long, chain, large, corresponding, hydroxy

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