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hy•dro•car•bon
Pronunciation: (hī"dru-kär'bun, hī'dru-kär"-), [key]—
n.
any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH
4, an alkene, ethylene, C
2H
4, an alkyne, acetylene, C
2H
2, or an aromatic compound, benzene, C
6H
6.
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