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Definition of "dehydrogenate" []

  • To remove hydrogen from. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dehydrogenate" in a sentence
  • "But there is an interesting test out there, measuring what's called alcohol dehydrogenate, which is an enzyme in your blood that actually breaks down alcohol."
  • "This will be integrated into SIBUR's new complex to dehydrogenate propane and manufacture polypropylene in Tobolsk."