ethylene
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See also: éthylène
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɛθɪˌliːn/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛθəˌliːn/
Noun
[edit]ethylene (countable and uncountable, plural ethylenes)
- (organic chemistry) 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.
- (organic chemistry) The divalent radical derived from ethane.
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Synonyms
[edit]- (IUPAC name): ethene
- olefiant gas (obsolete)
Derived terms
[edit]- 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
Translations
[edit]compound
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