-ene

suffix.
1 forming names of inhabitants of places (Nazarene).
2 Chem. forming names of unsaturated hydrocarbons containing a double bond (benzene; ethylene).
Etymology: from or after Gk -enos

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\\ˌēn sometimes ˈēn\ noun suffix (-s)

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek -ēnē (feminine patronymic suffix)

: unsaturated carbon compound

benzene

especially : carbon compound characterized by the presence of one double bond

propene

— in names of straight-chain hydrocarbons; distinguished from -ane, -yne; compare -ylene

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Chem.

a suffix used to form names of unsaturated hydrocarbons (anthracene; benzene), esp. those of the alkene series (butylene).

[ < Gk -ene, fem. of -enos, adj. suffix denoting origin or source]

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-ene,

a suffix used in forming the names of many hydrocarbons, especially the olefin series, as in benzene, naphthalene.

╂[< Latin -ēnus, an adjective suffix]

E.N.E., ENE (no periods), or e.n.e.,

east-northeast.

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suffix

1) denoting an inhabitant

Nazarene

2) Chemistry forming names of unsaturated hydrocarbons containing a double bond

benzene | ethylene

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Origin:

from Greek -ēnos

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-ene, suffix

in Organic Chemistry the termination of many names of hydrocarbons, e.g. benzene, camphene, napthalene, toluene, etc. In systematic nomenclature, proper to compounds of the olefine group, with formula C_nH_2n, but also more widely used.