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ethyleneimine

ethyleneimine noun: aziridine.

Noun

ethyleneimine (plural ethyleneimines)

  1. aziridine
    • From ethyleneoxides or ethyleneimines carrying an acyl substituent, with hydrazine and its derivatives (Ch. 3. XV).2009, Richard H. Wiley, Pyrazoles and Reduced and Condensed Pyrazoles, Volume 22, page 387

Forms of ethyleneimine

pluralethyleneimines

Origin of ethyleneimine

From ethylene + imine.

Words formed from ethyleneimine

Questions about ethyleneimine

What does ethyleneimine mean?
Ethyleneimine means aziridine.
What part of speech is ethyleneimine?
Ethyleneimine is a noun.
What is the plural of ethyleneimine?
The plural of ethyleneimine is ethyleneimines.

Words near ethyleneimine in the dictionary

  1. ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
  2. ethylenediaminetetracetate
  3. ethylenediaminetetracetates
  4. ethylenediaminetetracetic acid
  5. ethyleneglycol
  6. ethyleneimine
  7. ethyleneimines
  8. ethyleneoxide
  9. ethyleneoxides
  10. ethylenes
  11. ethylenic

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