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ethylene

English

Etymology

From ethyl +? -ene.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?????li?n/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?????li?n/

Noun

ethylene (countable and uncountable, plural ethylenes)

  1. (organic chemistry) The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4.
  2. (organic chemistry) The divalent radical derived from ethane.

Synonyms

  • (IUPAC name): ethene
  • olefiant gas (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

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melene

English

Etymology

Blend of melissic +? ethylene

Noun

melene

  1. (organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax.

Synonyms

  • melissene
  • melissylene

Italian

Noun

melene m

  1. plural of melena

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