[oh-luh-fin] 
| any member of the alkene series. |
[oh-luh-fin, -feen] .| o·le·fin (ō'lə-fĭn) n. Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene, having the general formula CnH2n; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond. [French (gaz) oléfiant, oil-forming (gas), ethylene : Latin oleum, oil; see oil + French -fiant, present participle of -fier, -fy.] o'le·fin'ic adj. |
olefin o·le·fin (ō'lə-fĭn)
n.
Any of a group of unsaturated open chain hydrocarbons possessing one or more double bonds, the simplest of which is ethylene.
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