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hexene

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several isomers of the alkene having six carbon atoms and one double bond

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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

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History

Etymology

From hex- + -ene.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هِكْسِين (hiksīn) — the alkene C6H12
  • Armenian: հեքսեն (hekʻsen) — the alkene C6H12
  • Catalan: hexè — the alkene C6H12
  • Catalan: hexilè — the alkene C6H12
  • Chinese Mandarin: 己烯 (jǐxī) — the alkene C6H12
  • Dutch: hexeen — the alkene C6H12
  • Finnish: hekseeni — the alkene C6H12
  • German: Hexen — the alkene C6H12
  • Hebrew: הֶקְסֶן — the alkene C6H12
  • Hungarian: hexén — the alkene C6H12
  • Indonesian: heksena — the alkene C6H12
  • Italian: esene — the alkene C6H12
  • Japanese: ヘキセン (hekisen) — the alkene C6H12
  • Korean: 헥센 (heksen) — the alkene C6H12
  • Malay: heksena — the alkene C6H12
  • Polish: heksen — the alkene C6H12
  • Romanian: hexenă — the alkene C6H12
  • Russian: гексе́н (geksén) — the alkene C6H12
  • Spanish: hexeno — the alkene C6H12
  • Turkish: hekzen — the alkene C6H12