cyclopentadiene
noun
cy·clo·pentadiene
plural -s
: a colorless liquid unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon C5H6 that is obtained by distillation of coal tar, that polymerizes to its stable dimer on standing, and is used in making plastics and insecticides
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary cycl- + pentadiene (from pent- + di- + -ene)
- tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol
- tetrahydronaphthalene
- tetrahydroxy
- tetrahymena
- tetrahymenas
- tetrai
- tetraiod-
- tetraiodide
- tetraiodo
- tetraiodo-
- tetrakaidecahedron
- tetrakis-
- tetrakisazo
- tetrakishexahedron
- tetralemma
- Tetralin
- tetralogies
- tetralogy
- tetralone
- Tetralophodon
- tetralophodont
- tetramer
- Tetramera
- tetrameral
- Tetrameres