olefine

Questions about olefine

What does olefine mean?

olefine means "any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon".

How many syllables are in olefine?

olefine has 3 syllables and divides as o-le-fine 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 olefine?

Close synonyms include alkene, 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 olefine a common word?

olefine 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.