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-yne

suffix forming nouns

  1. denoting an organic chemical containing a triple bond

    alkyne

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–yne

  1. A suffix used to form the names of hydrocarbons having one or more triple bonds, as in ethyne.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -yne1

alteration of -ine ²
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Example Sentences

Ha�yne, h�′win, n. a rock-forming mineral, a silicate of alumina and soda or lime, with sodium and calcium sulphate.

Mnemon′ics, the art of assisting the memory: a mode of recalling to the mind any fact or number, or a series of disconnected terms or figures; Mnemos′yne, goddess of memory, mother of the Muses.—adj.

But the terminations which are used in the most confused manner of all are -en, -yne, and -ing or -yng.

The leucite lavas of Niedermendig contain ha�yne in abundance.

Why, I was out ag'in Burg'yne myself, with Tobit and Moses, and Nathaniel and Jedediah—with every male crittur' of the family, in short, that was big enough to load and fire.

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