hydrocarbon compound

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• hydrocarbon — compound of hydrogen and carbon, 1826, formed in English from HYDROGEN (Cf. hydrogen) + CARBON (Cf. carbon) …   Etymology dictionary

• Hydrocarbon mixtures — are a group of various volatile, highly flammable, mixtures used chiefly as nonpolar solvents.CompositionHydrocarbon mixtures are composed of hydrocarbons, benzine, and petroleum ethers.A hydrocarbon is any chemical compound that consists only of …   Wikipedia

• Hydrocarbon — Hy dro*car bon, n. [Hydro , 2 + carbon.] (Chem.) A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives. [1913 Webster] {Hydrocarbon burner}, {furnace}, {stove}, a burner, furnace,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hydrocarbon burner — Hydrocarbon Hy dro*car bon, n. [Hydro , 2 + carbon.] (Chem.) A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane, benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives. [1913 Webster] {Hydrocarbon burner}, {furnace}, {stove}, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hydrocarbon — ► NOUN ▪ a compound of hydrogen and carbon, such as any of those which are the chief components of petroleum and natural gas …   English terms dictionary

• hydrocarbon — [hī΄drə kär′bən, hī′drə kär΄bən] n. any compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as benzene or methane …   English World dictionary

• hydrocarbon — hydrocarbonaceous, adj. /huy dreuh kahr beuhn, huy dreuh kahr /, n. any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH4, an alkene, ethylene, C2H4, an alkyne, acetylene, C2H2, or an aromatic compound,… …   Universalium

• Hydrocarbon — Ball and stick model of the methane molecule, CH4. Methane is part of a homologous series known as the alkanes, which contain single bonds only. In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon …   Wikipedia

• Compound ether — Ether E ther ([=e] th[ e]r), n. [L. aether, Gr. a iqh r, fr. a i qein to light up, kindle, burn, blaze; akin to Skr. idh, indh, and prob. to E. idle: cf. F. [ e]ther.] [Written also {[ae]ther}.] 1. (Physics) A medium of great elasticity and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hydrocarbon — A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon. Diels h. a phenanthrene derivative obtained by the dehydrogenation of various steroids. saturated h. a h. that contains the greatest possible number of hydrogen atoms, so that the …   Medical dictionary

• hydrocarbon — [[t]ha͟ɪdroʊkɑ͟ː(r)b(ə)n[/t]] hydrocarbons N COUNT A hydrocarbon is a chemical compound that is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon …   English dictionary