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ethenes

ethenes is the plural of ethene.

Meaning of ethene

Noun

ethene (countable and uncountable, plural ethenes)

  1. (IUPAC) The organic chemical compound ethylene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄
  2. Any alkene derived from ethylene

Questions about ethenes

What is ethenes the plural of?
Ethenes is the plural of ethene.

Words near ethenes in the dictionary

  1. Ethelred
  2. ethels
  3. Ethelthryth
  4. Ethelwolf
  5. ethene
  6. ethenes
  7. ethenic
  8. ethenide
  9. ethenides
  10. ethenium
  11. ethenoadenine

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