Usually means: Hydrocarbon, simplest alkyne, two carbons.
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  1. ethyne: Merriam-Webster
  2. ethyne: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ethyne: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ethyne: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. ethyne: Wiktionary
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  8. ethyne: Dictionary.com
  9. Ethyne: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. ethyne: Rhymezone
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  12. ethyne: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. ethyne: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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noun:  (organic chemistry, official IUPAC name) The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula HC≡CH or C₂H₂.

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