alkyne

What does alkyne mean?

alkyne means "a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis".

How many syllables are in alkyne?

alkyne has 2 syllables and divides as al-kyne under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for alkyne?

Close synonyms include acetylene, ethyne. 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 alkyne a common word?

alkyne 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for alkyne come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.