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Polyterpene

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terpenenoun(organic chemistry) Any of a very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfume and food flavours, turpentine, the steroids, the carotene pigments and rubber.
triterpenenoun(organic chemistry) Any terpene formed from six isoprene units, and having thirty carbon atoms; they are relatively rare.
tetraterpenenoun(organic chemistry) Any terpene formed from eight isoprene units, and having forty carbon atoms; they include the carotene plant pigments.
terpennounArchaic form of terpene. [(organic chemistry) Any of a very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfume and food flavours, turpentine, the steroids, the carotene pigments and rubber.]
monoterpenenoun(organic chemistry) Any terpene formed from two isoprene units, and having ten carbon atoms; either hydrocarbons such as pinene, or compounds with functional groups such as camphor.
hemiterpenenoun(organic chemistry) any terpene formed from a single isoprene unit, and having five carbon atoms
terpenoidnoun(organic chemistry) Any of a very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfume and food flavors, turpentine, the steroids, the carotene pigments and rubber.
diterpenenoun(organic chemistry) any terpene formed from four isoprene units, and having twenty carbon atoms; includes vitamin A, the gibberellins, and various biologically active lactones such as quassin.
isoprenenoun(organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C₅H₈, that is readily polymerized; natural rubber (caoutchouc) is cis-1,4-polyisoprene, and trans-1,4-polyisoprene is present in gutta-percha and balata; it is the structural basis for the terpenes.
sesterterpenenoun(chemistry) any terpene formed from five isoprene units, and having twenty-five carbon atoms
sesquiterpenenoun(organic chemistry) Any terpene formed from three isoprene units, and having fifteen carbon atoms; includes several plant pigments such as the flavones.
terpilenenoun(chemistry) A polymeric form of terpene, resembling terbene.
polyisoprenenoun(chemistry) Any polymer whose constituent monomer is isoprene; especially natural, and some synthetic, rubbers
transpolyisoprenenoun(organic chemistry) A trans isomer of polyisoprene
polyterpenoidnoun(chemistry) a terpenoid having a C₅ₙ skeleton (where n is greater than 8)
polyisoprenoid(organic chemistry) Any isoprenoid having many isoprene units
rubbernoun(uncountable, countable) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
terpanenoun(organic chemistry) Any terpene that is a saturated hydrocarbon
natural rubbernounRubber derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
meroterpenenoun(organic chemistry) Any compound, including many natural products, having a partial terpenoid structure

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