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S vs Terpene - What's the difference?

s | terpene |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun terpene is

terpene.

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    terpene

    English

    (wikipedia terpene)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) 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.

    • Usage notes

    Terpenes are properly only hydrocarbons. Oxygenated derivatives are terpenoids.

    Related terms

    * terpenoid * terpeneless

    Hypernyms

    * hydrocarbon

    Hyponyms

    * diterpene * monoterpene * polyterpene * sesquiterpene * sesterterpene * tetraterpene * triterpene

    Anagrams

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