| NOUN | substance | aliphatic compound | organic compound that is an alkane or alkene or alkyne or their derivative |
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| Meaning | organic compound that is an alkane or alkene or alkyne or their derivative. | |
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| Narrower | acetylene, ethyne, alkyne | A colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis |
| alicyclic compound | An aliphatic compound that contains a ring of atoms | |
| alkene, olefine, olefin | Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon | |
| methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin | A series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2) | |
| Broader | organic compound | Any compound of carbon and another element or a radical |
| Catalan | hidrocarbur alifàtic | |
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