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ethenium

ethenium noun: the cation, protonated ethylene (C₂H₅⁺).

Noun

ethenium (uncountable)

  1. The cation, protonated ethylene (C₂H₅⁺)

Origin of ethenium

From ethene + -ium.

Questions about ethenium

What does ethenium mean?
Ethenium means the cation, protonated ethylene (C₂H₅⁺).
What part of speech is ethenium?
Ethenium is a noun.

Words near ethenium in the dictionary

  1. ethene
  2. ethenes
  3. ethenic
  4. ethenide
  5. ethenides
  6. ethenium
  7. ethenoadenine
  8. ethenol
  9. ethenols
  10. ethenolyses
  11. ethenolysis

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