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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries포화 탄화수소
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pohwa tanhwasuso
"메테인은 대표적인 포화 탄화수소이다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A hydrocarbon in which all the carbon-carbon bonds are single bonds, meaning each carbon atom is bonded to as many hydrogen atoms as possible.
"Methane and propane are common examples of a saturated hydrocarbon." - 2
An alkane or cycloalkane that does not contain double, triple, or aromatic carbon-carbon bonds.
"Petroleum consists largely of various saturated hydrocarbons."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the chemical terms 'saturated' (from Latin saturatus, past participle of saturare 'to fill', from satur 'full') and 'hydrocarbon' (a blend of 'hydrogen' and 'carbon'). Coined in the 19th century during the rapid development of organic chemistry to classify carbon chains containing only single bonds.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Saturated hydrocarbon" is said worldwide
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hydrocarbure saturé
Transliteration: ee-droh-kar-bur sah-tu-ray
"Le méthane est un hydrocarbure saturé."
gesättigter Kohlenwasserstoff
Transliteration: ge-zet-ig-ter koh-len-vas-er-shtof
"Ethan ist ein gesättigter Kohlenwasserstoff."
idrocarburo saturo
Transliteration: ee-droh-kar-boo-roh sah-too-roh
"Il propano è un idrocarburo saturo."
hidrocarburo saturado
Transliteration: ee-droh-kar-boo-roh sah-too-rah-doh
"Los alcanos forman el grupo principal de hidrocarburos saturados."
hidrocarboneto saturado
Transliteration: ee-droh-kar-bon-eh-too sah-too-rah-doo
"O metano é o hidrocarboneto saturado mais simples."
संतृप्त हाइड्रोकार्बन
Transliteration: santript hydrocarbon
"मीथेन एक संतृप्त हाइड्रोकार्बन है।"
饱和烃
Transliteration: bǎohé tīng
"烷烃是最简单的饱和烃。"
포화 탄화수소
Transliteration: pohwa tanhwasuso
"메테인은 대표적인 포화 탄화수소이다."
飽和炭化水素
Transliteration: hōwa tanka suisō
"メタンは最も単純な飽和炭化水素です。"
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