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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 2n−2 .



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Word History and Origins

Origin of cycloolefin1

First recorded in 1920–25; cyclo- + olefin

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