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Volatile vs Piperylene - What's the difference?

volatile | piperylene |

As an adjective volatile

is evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.

As a noun piperylene is

a volatile flammable hydrocarbon consisting of a five-carbon chain with two double bonds, used as a monomer in the manufacture of plastics, adhesives and resins.

volatile

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (physics) evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
  • (of a substance, informal) explosive.
  • (of a price etc) variable or erratic.
  • (of a person) quick to become angry or violent.
  • fickle.
  • temporary or ephemeral.
  • (of a situation) potentially violent.
  • (computing, of a variable) having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
  • (computing, of memory) whose content is lost when the computer is powered down
  • (obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * volatility * volatile memory

    piperylene

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia piperylene)
  • (organic chemistry) A volatile flammable hydrocarbon consisting of a five-carbon chain with two double bonds, used as a monomer in the manufacture of plastics, adhesives and resins.