propylene
propylene noun: the organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆.
Noun
propylene (countable and uncountable, plural propylenes)
- The organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆.
- Synonyms:
- propene
propylene meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Vietnamese
propylene in Tamil
- புரோப்பிலீன்
propylene in Bengali
- জৈব রাসায়নিক যৌগ প্রোপিন
propylene in Vietnamese
- organic compound of the formula C3H6
- propilen
Synonyms of propylene
Forms of propylene
| plural | propylenes |
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Origin of propylene
Coined by John Williams Reynolds in 1851, from French propionique + -ylene
Words formed from propylene
Phrases with propylene
Questions about propylene
- What does propylene mean?
- Propylene means the organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆.
- What is propylene in Tamil?
- Propylene in Tamil is புரோப்பிலீன். See Propylene meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is propylene?
- Propylene is a noun.
- What is the plural of propylene?
- The plural of propylene is propylenes.
Words near propylene in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: propylene (page history and authors); propylene (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); propylene (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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