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cyclodiene

[ sahy-kluh-dahy-een, -dahy-een ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. any of several organic chemicals having a chlorinated methylene group bonded to two carbon atoms of a 6-membered carbon ring, used commercially in insecticides.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cyclodiene1

First recorded in 1940–45; cyclo- + diene

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