alkene

Questions about alkene

What does alkene mean?

alkene means "any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon".

How many syllables are in alkene?

alkene has 2 syllables: al-kene. The stress falls on "al". In IPA it is /ˈælˌkin/.

What is another word for alkene?

Close synonyms include olefine, olefin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alkene a common word?

alkene is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with alkene?

3 words rhyme with alkene. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.