Olefin Moderate

Olefin has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon

alkene olefine olefin

Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond.

See Also

hydroformylation olefinic polygasoline alkene metathesis unsaturated ethylene polyolefin

Related Terms

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

aliphatic compound

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

ethylene

Rhyming Words

fin effin alfin elfin enfin dorfin biffin baffin stefin tiffin boffin perfin coffin surfin buffin redfin cuffin muffin elafin bigfin

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