HYDROGENATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrogenation mean? 

• HYDROGENATION (noun)
  The noun HYDROGENATION has 1 sense:

1. a chemical process that adds hydrogen atoms to an unsaturated oil

  Familiarity information: HYDROGENATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROGENATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chemical process that adds hydrogen atoms to an unsaturated oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

food producers use hydrogenation to keep fat from becoming rancid

Hypernyms ("hydrogenation" is a kind of...):

chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)

Derivation:

hydrogenate (combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound))