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diethylene

diethylene noun: two ethylene groups in a molecule.

Noun

diethylene (countable and uncountable, plural diethylenes)

  1. (in-compounds) Two ethylene groups in a molecule

Forms of diethylene

pluraldiethylenes

Origin of diethylene

From di- + ethylene.

Words formed from diethylene

Questions about diethylene

What does diethylene mean?
Diethylene means two ethylene groups in a molecule.
What part of speech is diethylene?
Diethylene is a noun.
What is the plural of diethylene?
The plural of diethylene is diethylenes.

Words near diethylene in the dictionary

  1. diethylanilines
  2. diethylcarbamazine
  3. diethylcathinone
  4. diethyldithiocarbamate
  5. diethyldithiocarbamates
  6. diethylene
  7. diethylene glycol
  8. diethylenediamine
  9. diethylenes
  10. diethylenetriamine
  11. diethylenetriaminepentaacetate

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