ALIPHATIC COMPOUND

I. (noun)

Meaning:

Organic compound that is an alkane or alkene or alkyne or their derivative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("aliphatic compound" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aliphatic compound"):

acetylene; alkyne; ethyne (a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis)

alicyclic compound (an aliphatic compound that contains a ring of atoms)

alkene; olefin; olefine (any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon)

alkane; alkane series; methane series; paraffin; paraffin series (a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2))