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methylenes

methylenes is the plural of methylene.

Meaning of methylene

Noun

methylene (countable and uncountable, plural methylenes)

  1. The divalent group –CH₂– in which the free valencies are part of single bonds.
  2. The same group, present as a repeating unit, in aliphatic compounds with names such as hexamethylenediamine.
  3. The unstable carbene :CH₂

Questions about methylenes

What is methylenes the plural of?
Methylenes is the plural of methylene.

Words near methylenes in the dictionary

  1. methylenedioxypyrovalerone
  2. methylenediphenol
  3. methylenediphenols
  4. methylenediphosphonate
  5. methylenediphosphonates
  6. methylenes
  7. methylenetetrahydrofolate
  8. methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
  9. methylenetetrahydrofolatereductase
  10. methylenetetrahydrofolates
  11. methylenic

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