English Explanatory Dictionary

ethylene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄.
  2. The divalent radical derived from ethane.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛθɪˌliːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ethylene.wav /ˈɛθəˌliːn/

Word forms

ethylene ethylenes

Etymology

From eth- + -ylene.

Synonyms

ethene olefiant gas

Derived words

bromotrifluoroethylene chloroethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene cocaethylene dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene diethylene diphenylethylene ethylenediamine ethylenediaminetetraacetate ethylenediaminetetraacetic ethylene glycol ethyleneimine ethylene interpolymer ethylene oxide ethylene-vinyl acetate ethylenic etorphine fluoroethylene haloethylene hexylene iodoethylene isopropylethylene melene methene monoethylene monoethylene glycol nitroethylene nonethylene nonylene oligoethylene oxyethylene pentaethylenehexamine perchloroethylene polyethylene polyethylene terephthalate polyoxyethylene quartene tetraacetylethylenediamine tetrabromoethylene tetrachloroethylene tetrafluoroethylene tetrylene triethylene triphenylethylene
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