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alkylene

alkylene noun: an alkene.

Noun

alkylene (plural alkylenes)

  1. (obsolete) An alkene.
  2. (obsolete) An alkanediyl functional group, especially one having the free valencies of adjacent carbon atoms.

Forms of alkylene

pluralalkylenes

Words formed from alkylene

Questions about alkylene

What does alkylene mean?
Alkylene means an alkene.
What part of speech is alkylene?
Alkylene is a noun.
What is the plural of alkylene?
The plural of alkylene is alkylenes.

Words near alkylene in the dictionary

  1. alkylcyclohexanols
  2. alkylcyclohexanone
  3. alkylcyclohexanones
  4. alkyldihydroxyacetone
  5. alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride
  6. alkylene
  7. alkylene oxide
  8. alkylenes
  9. alkylglucoside
  10. alkylglucosides
  11. alkylglycerol

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