ethyne

See also: éthyne

English

Noun

ethyne (plural ethynes)

1. (organic chemistry, official IUPAC name) The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₂.

Chemical structure of ethyne

Synonyms

• acetylene

Translations

the compound C₂H₂

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乙炔 (zh) (yǐquē)

• Dutch: ethyn
• German: Ethin (de) n, Äthin (de)
• Greek: αιθίνιο (el) n (aithínio)
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• Irish: eitín m
• Latvian: etīns m or f
• Russian: эти́н (ru) m (etín)
• Spanish: etino m