olefin

Questions about olefin

What does olefin mean?

olefin means "any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon".

How many syllables are in olefin?

olefin has 3 syllables: o-le-fin. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊləfɪn/.

What is another word for olefin?

Close synonyms include alkene, olefine. 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 olefin a common word?

olefin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.