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butadiene

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH2=CH-CH=CH2; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; used in making synthetic rubbers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: hydrocarbon

Narrower terms: chloroprene

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Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: butadiè — the compound CH2CH-CHCH2
  • Finnish: butadieeni — the compound CH2CH-CHCH2
  • French: butadiène — the compound CH2CH-CHCH2
  • Greek: βουταδιένιο (voutadiénio) — the compound CH2CH-CHCH2
  • Hungarian: butadién — the compound CH2CH-CHCH2
  • Spanish: butadieno — the compound CH2CH-CHCH2