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飽和炭化水素 (ほうわたんかすいそ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

飽ほう和わ炭たん化か水すい素そ

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Meanings

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noun

saturated hydrocarbon

Technical term in chemistry for a hydrocarbon with only single bonds between carbon atoms.

メタンは最もっとも単たん純じゅんな飽ほう和わ炭たん化か水すい素そである。
Methane is the simplest saturated hydrocarbon.

Kanji

飽

sated, tired of, bored

和harmony, Japanese style, peace

炭charcoal, coal

化change, take the form of, influence

水water

素elementary, principle, naked

Similar words

不ふ飽ほう和わ炭たん化か水すい素そ
Unsaturated hydrocarbon, containing double or triple bonds between carbon atoms.
アルカン
Alkane; a common English-derived term for saturated hydrocarbons, often used interchangeably in chemistry contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 飽和 (saturation) + 炭化水素 (hydrocarbon). The term is a direct calque from English 'saturated hydrocarbon'.