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diacetylene
diacetylene
English
Noun
diacetylene (plural diacetylenes)
- (chemistry) A highly unsaturated hydrocarbon, HC≡C-C≡CH, the simplest polyyne
- (chemistry) Any of its derivatives, R2C≡C-C≡CR2, used in the manufacture of polydiacetylene