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ethenolysis

ethenolysis noun: the reverse of a crossmetathesis reaction.

Noun

ethenolysis (countable and uncountable, plural ethenolyses)

  1. The reverse of a crossmetathesis reaction.

Forms of ethenolysis

pluralethenolyses

Origin of ethenolysis

From ethene + -o- + -lysis.

Questions about ethenolysis

What does ethenolysis mean?
Ethenolysis means the reverse of a crossmetathesis reaction.
What part of speech is ethenolysis?
Ethenolysis is a noun.
What is the plural of ethenolysis?
The plural of ethenolysis is ethenolyses.

Words near ethenolysis in the dictionary

  1. ethenium
  2. ethenoadenine
  3. ethenol
  4. ethenols
  5. ethenolyses
  6. ethenolysis
  7. ethenone
  8. ethenones
  9. ethenyl
  10. ethenylbenzene
  11. ethenzamide

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