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ethenic

ethenic adjective: pertaining to, derived from, or resembling ethene or ethylene.

Adjective

ethenic (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling ethene or ethylene.
    • ethenicether
    • ethenic polymer

Origin of ethenic

From ethene + -ic.

Questions about ethenic

What does ethenic mean?
Ethenic means pertaining to, derived from, or resembling ethene or ethylene.
What part of speech is ethenic?
Ethenic is an adjective.

Words near ethenic in the dictionary

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

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