Definitions
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- noun (Chem.) One of the hexane paraffins, found in petroleum, consisting of two propyl radicals. See
hexane .
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- noun chemistry One of the
hexane paraffins , found inpetroleum , consisting of twopropyl radicals .
Etymologies
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di- + propyl
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Examples
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Outside the lab he sniffed the skunky, coffee smell of the dipropyl sulfide he was handling.
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