-yne
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Etymology edit
Contracted from the suffix -ylene of acetylene
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-yne
- (organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one triple bond; an alkyne.
- A polymer derived from an alkyne.
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hydrocarbon with triple bonds
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