| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Seldom used present participle conjugation of the verb hydrogenate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (hydrogenate) | 1. Combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).[Wordnet]. 2. To hydrogenize.[Websters]. 3. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: hydrogenating, hydrogenated, hydrogenates, hydrogenator, hydrogenators, hydrogenatingly and hydrogenatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "HYDROGENATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: hydrogenate
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To combine hydrogen with any thing.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Chemistry | To combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; esp. to add hydrogen to the molecule of an unsaturated organic compound. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] (chemistry) (transitive) to treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an unsaturated fat with hydrogen, in the presence of a nickel catalyst, to produce a harder saturated fat. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: HYDROGENATING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hydrogenating activity | Medicine | Specific method of reduction in which hydrogen is added to a substance by the direct use of gaseous hydrogen. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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