Crossword-Solution: OLEFINE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Olefine | n. | Olefiant gas, or ethylene; hence, by extension, any one of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type. See Ethylene. |
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| OLEFINE | anagram | ONELIFE |
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| alkene | 3 answers |
| A hydrocarbon. | 4 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with OLEFINE (4)
There are three kinds of petroleum in use, namely those yielding on distillation: 1st, paraffin; 2nd, asphalt; 3rd, olefine.
The esters of the higher fatty acids, when distilled under atmospheric pressure, are decomposed, and yield an olefine and a fatty acid.
ETHYLENE, or ETHENE, C2H4, or H2C:CH2, the first representative of the series of olefine hydrocarbons, is found in coal gas.
ETH´YLENE, or OLEFIANT GAS, C_2H_4, an unsaturated hydrocarbon, the first member of the olefine series.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1945).