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cycloolefin

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cy⋅clo⋅o⋅le⋅fin

[sahy-kloh-oh-luh-fin, sik-loh-]
–noun Chemistry.
any of the homologous series of unsaturated, alicyclic hydrocarbons, as cyclooctatetraene and cyclopentadiene, containing one double bond in the ring and having the general formula C11H2n−2.

Origin:
1920–25; cyclo- + olefin
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