hydroquinone

English

Etymology

hydro- +‎ quinone

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪdɹəˈkwɪnəʊn/

Noun

hydroquinone (countable and uncountable, plural hydroquinones)

(organic chemistry) The diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene, used as a mild reducing agent in photographic developing; isomeric with catechol and resorcinol.

Derived terms

Translations

the diphenol para-dihydroxy benzene

Catalan: hidroquinona f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 氫醌／氢醌 (qīngkūn), 對苯二酚／对苯二酚 (zh) (duìběn'èrfēn)
German: Hydrochinon n
Hungarian: hidrokinon (hu)
Korean: 하이드로퀴논 (haideurokwinon), 히드로퀴논 (hideurokwinon)
Portuguese: hidroquinona f
Spanish: hidroquinona f
Thai: ไฮโดรควิโนน

French

Noun

hydroquinone f (uncountable)

hydroquinone

Further reading

“hydroquinone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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