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ethylidene

ethylidene noun: the divalent radical CH₃-CH= formally obtained by removing two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom of ethane.

Noun

ethylidene (plural ethylidenes)

  1. (especially, in-compounds) The divalent radical CH₃-CH= formally obtained by removing two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom of ethane

Forms of ethylidene

pluralethylidenes

Words formed from ethylidene

Questions about ethylidene

What does ethylidene mean?
Ethylidene means the divalent radical CH₃-CH= formally obtained by removing two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom of ethane.
What part of speech is ethylidene?
Ethylidene is a noun.
What is the plural of ethylidene?
The plural of ethylidene is ethylidenes.

Words near ethylidene in the dictionary

  1. ethylhexyls
  2. ethylhydrocuprein
  3. ethylhydrocupreine
  4. ethylia
  5. ethylic
  6. ethylidene
  7. ethylideneproline
  8. ethylidenes
  9. ethylidenetriphenylphosphorane
  10. ethylin
  11. ethylins

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