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ethylenic

ethylenic adjective: containing ethylene or an ethylene derivative.

Adjective

ethylenic (not comparable)

  1. Containing ethylene or an ethylene derivative
    • an ethylenic polymer
  2. Pertaining to or characteristic of ethylene
    • the ethylenic double bond

Origin of ethylenic

From ethylene + -ic.

Words formed from ethylenic

  • ethylenically

Questions about ethylenic

What does ethylenic mean?
Ethylenic means containing ethylene or an ethylene derivative.
What part of speech is ethylenic?
Ethylenic is an adjective.

Words near ethylenic in the dictionary

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

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