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methene

methene noun: methylene.

Noun

methene (uncountable)

  1. (dated) methylene

Origin of methene

Blend of methyl + ethylene.

Words formed from methene

Questions about methene

What does methene mean?
Methene means methylene.
What part of speech is methene?
Methene is a noun.

Words near methene in the dictionary

  1. methemoglobins
  2. methemoglobinuria
  3. methemoglobinuric
  4. methenamine
  5. methenamines
  6. methene
  7. methenolone
  8. Metheny
  9. methenyl
  10. methenyls
  11. methenyltetrahydromethanopterin cyclohydrolase

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