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tetramethylene

tetramethylene noun: a hypothetical hydrocarbon, C₄H₈, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.

Noun

tetramethylene (plural tetramethylenes)

  1. A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C₄H₈, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.
  2. An isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene.

Forms of tetramethylene

pluraltetramethylenes

Origin of tetramethylene

From tetra- + methylene.

Words formed from tetramethylene

Questions about tetramethylene

What does tetramethylene mean?
Tetramethylene means a hypothetical hydrocarbon, C₄H₈, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.
What part of speech is tetramethylene?
Tetramethylene is a noun.
What is the plural of tetramethylene?
The plural of tetramethylene is tetramethylenes.

Words near tetramethylene in the dictionary

  1. tetramethylbenzenes
  2. tetramethylbenzidine
  3. tetramethylbenzidines
  4. tetramethylcyclopropane
  5. tetramethyldiarsine
  6. tetramethylene
  7. tetramethylenedisulfotetramine
  8. tetramethylenedisulphotetramine
  9. tetramethylenes
  10. tetramethylethylenediamine
  11. tetramethylguanidine

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