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dimethylene

dimethylene noun: two methylene groups in a molecule.

Noun

dimethylene (uncountable)

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

Origin of dimethylene

From di- + methylene.

Questions about dimethylene

What does dimethylene mean?
Dimethylene means two methylene groups in a molecule.
What part of speech is dimethylene?
Dimethylene is a noun.

Words near dimethylene in the dictionary

  1. dimethyldioctadecylammonium chloride
  2. dimethyldioxirane
  3. dimethyldiselenide
  4. dimethyldisulfide
  5. dimethyldisulphide
  6. dimethylene
  7. dimethylethanolamine
  8. dimethylether
  9. dimethylformamide
  10. dimethylformamides
  11. dimethylfuran

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