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PROPENAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does propenal mean?
• PROPENAL (noun)
The noun PROPENAL has 1 sense:
1. a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
Familiarity information: PROPENAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
acrolein; propenal
Hypernyms ("propenal" is a kind of...):
aldehyde (any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids)
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