Associations to the word «Hydrogenate»

Wiktionary

HYDROGENATE, 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

Dictionary definition

HYDROGENATE, verb. Combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats