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Noun:

  • countable Any organic compound having one or more carbon?carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
  • uncountable Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC?CH. It is a colourless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odour, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding or metallurgy.

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