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hexylene

hexylene noun: a colourless liquid hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals.

Noun

hexylene (plural hexylenes)

  1. A colourless liquid hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals.
  2. Any of several isomers of hexylene proper.

Synonyms of hexylene

Forms of hexylene

pluralhexylenes

Origin of hexylene

From hex- + -ylene.

Questions about hexylene

What does hexylene mean?
Hexylene means a colourless liquid hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals.
What part of speech is hexylene?
Hexylene is a noun.
What is the plural of hexylene?
The plural of hexylene is hexylenes.

Words near hexylene in the dictionary

  1. hexylamine
  2. hexylamines
  3. hexylamino
  4. hexylaminos
  5. hexylcaine
  6. hexylene
  7. hexylenes
  8. hexylic
  9. hexyloxy
  10. hexylresorcinol
  11. hexylresorcinols

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