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-ylene

-ylene suffix: synonym of -ene.

Suffix

-ylene

  1. Synonym of -ene
    Synonyms:
    -ene
  2. used to form the names of bivalent radicals

Synonyms of -ylene

Origin of -ylene

From ethylene and amylene, where the -yl- is etymological. Sense 2 from -yl + -ene.

Questions about -ylene

What does -ylene mean?
-ylene means synonym of -ene.
What part of speech is -ylene?
-ylene is a suffix.

Words near -ylene in the dictionary

  1. -xizu-
  2. -xor
  3. -y
  4. -yer
  5. -yl
  6. -ylene
  7. -ylidene
  8. -yne
  9. -z
  10. -zepine
  11. -zilla

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