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chloromethylene

chloromethylene noun: the divalent chemical group HClC=; equivalent to methylene with one hydrogen substituted with chlorine.

Noun

chloromethylene

  1. The divalent chemical group HClC=; equivalent to methylene with one hydrogen substituted with chlorine.

Origin of chloromethylene

From chloro- + methylene.

Questions about chloromethylene

What does chloromethylene mean?
Chloromethylene means the divalent chemical group HClC=; equivalent to methylene with one hydrogen substituted with chlorine.
What part of speech is chloromethylene?
Chloromethylene is a noun.

Words near chloromethylene in the dictionary

  1. chloromethyl
  2. chloromethylandrostenediol
  3. chloromethylated
  4. chloromethylation
  5. chloromethylations
  6. chloromethylene
  7. chloromethyls
  8. chloromethylsulfonyl
  9. chlorometric
  10. chlorometry
  11. chloromorph

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