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PROPENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does propene mean?
• PROPENE (noun)
The noun PROPENE has 1 sense:
1. a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis
Familiarity information: PROPENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
propene; propylene
Hypernyms ("propene" is a kind of...):
gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)
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