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ethylenes

ethylenes is the plural of ethylene.

Meaning of ethylene

Noun

ethylene (countable and uncountable, plural ethylenes)

  1. The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄.
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  2. The divalent radical derived from ethane.

Questions about ethylenes

What is ethylenes the plural of?
Ethylenes is the plural of ethylene.

Words near ethylenes in the dictionary

  1. ethyleneglycol
  2. ethyleneimine
  3. ethyleneimines
  4. ethyleneoxide
  5. ethyleneoxides
  6. ethylenes
  7. ethylenic
  8. ethylenimine
  9. ethylenimines
  10. ethylephedrine
  11. ethylestrenol

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