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hydrocarbon

hy·dro·car·bon
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hahy-druh-kahr-buh n, hahy-druh-kahr-]
    • /ˌhaɪ drəˈkɑr bən, ˈhaɪ drəˌkɑr-/
    • /ˌhaɪ.drəʊˈkɑː.bən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hahy-druh-kahr-buh n, hahy-druh-kahr-]
    • /ˌhaɪ drəˈkɑr bən, ˈhaɪ drəˌkɑr-/

Definitions of hydrocarbon word

  • noun hydrocarbon any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 . 1
  • noun hydrocarbon A compound of hydrogen and carbon, such as any of those that are the chief components of petroleum and natural gas. 1
  • noun hydrocarbon chemical compound 1
  • countable noun hydrocarbon A hydrocarbon is a chemical compound that is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon. 0
  • noun hydrocarbon any organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen, such as the alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, terpenes, and arenes 0
  • noun hydrocarbon any compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as benzene or methane 0
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Origin of hydrocarbon

First appearance:

before 1820
One of the 38% newest English words
First recorded in 1820-30; hydro-2 + carbon

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Parts of speech for Hydrocarbon

noun
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hydrocarbon popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
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  • diazo group

    the bivalent group –N=N– united with one hydrocarbon group and another atom or group, as in benzenediazo hydroxide, C 6 H 5 N=NOH, or the bivalent group =N=N united with one hydrocarbon group, as in diazomethane, CH 2 =N=N.

  • adamantane

    a white crystalline alicyclic hydrocarbon, C 10 H 16 , consisting of four fused cyclohexane rings, with the carbon atoms arranged as in the diamond lattice.

  • aldrin

    a brown to white poisonous crystalline solid, more than 95 per cent of which consists of the compound C12H8Cl6, which is used as an insecticide. Melting pt: 105°C

  • aliphatic

    (of an organic compound) not aromatic, esp having an open chain structure, such as alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes

  • aryl group

    any organic group derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by the removal of a hydrogen atom, as phenyl, C 6 H 5 −, from benzene, C 6 H 6 .

  • asphalt

    Asphalt is a black substance used to make the surfaces of things such as roads and playgrounds.
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