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

不ふ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

unsaturated hydrocarbon

Technical term in organic chemistry for a hydrocarbon containing at least one double or triple bond.

エチレンは最もっとも単たん純じゅんな不ふ飽ほう和わ炭たん化か水すい素その一ひとつです。
Ethylene is one of the simplest unsaturated hydrocarbons.

Kanji

negative, non-, bad

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

飽ほう和わ炭たん化か水すい素そ
Saturated hydrocarbon, containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
アルケン
Alkene, a specific type of unsaturated hydrocarbon with at least one carbon-carbon double bond.
アルキン
Alkyne, a specific type of unsaturated hydrocarbon with at least one carbon-carbon triple bond.

Etymology

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