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vinylene

vinylene noun: the divalent radical, -CH=CH-, formally derived by removing a hydrogen atom from each carbon of an ethylene molecule.

Noun

vinylene (countable and uncountable, plural vinylenes)

  1. The divalent radical, -CH=CH-, formally derived by removing a hydrogen atom from each carbon of an ethylene molecule.

Forms of vinylene

pluralvinylenes

Words formed from vinylene

Questions about vinylene

What does vinylene mean?
Vinylene means the divalent radical, -CH=CH-, formally derived by removing a hydrogen atom from each carbon of an ethylene molecule.
What part of speech is vinylene?
Vinylene is a noun.
What is the plural of vinylene?
The plural of vinylene is vinylenes.

Words near vinylene in the dictionary

  1. vinylcarbenoid
  2. vinylcarbenoids
  3. vinylchloride
  4. vinylcyclopropane
  5. vinylcyclopropanes
  6. vinylene
  7. vinylenes
  8. vinylglycine
  9. vinylglycines
  10. vinylhalide
  11. vinylic

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