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BUTADIENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does butadiene mean?
• BUTADIENE (noun)
The noun BUTADIENE has 1 sense:
1. a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used in making synthetic rubbers
Familiarity information: BUTADIENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used in making synthetic rubbers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("butadiene" is a kind of...):
hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butadiene"):
chloroprene (derivative of butadiene used in making neoprene by polymerization)
Holonyms ("butadiene" is a substance of...):
buna; buna rubber (made by polymerizing butadiene)
Context examples
A modified form of acetylcysteine that is a metabolite of 1,3-butadiene and may be found in the urine of smokers.
(Monohydroxybutylmercapturic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
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