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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Chem.)

The act or process of freeing from hydrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of hydrogen.

See also: déhydrogénation

dehydrogenation ‎(plural dehydrogenations)

(chemistry) Any reaction or process in which hydrogen is removed from a substance, especially the production of unsaturated organic compounds from saturated ones

dehydrogenation