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cycloolefin

[ sahy-kloh-oh-luh-fin, sik-loh- ]

noun

Chemistry.
  1. any of the homologous series of unsaturated, alicyclic hydrocarbons, as cyclooctatetraene and cyclopentadiene, containing one double bond in the ring and having the general formula C 11 H 2²Ô−2 .


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cycloolefin1

First recorded in 1920–25; cyclo- + olefin

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