ethylene

See also: éthylène

English

Etymology

From ethyl +‎ -ene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛθəˌliːn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɛθɪˌliːn/

Noun

ethylene (countable and uncountable, plural ethylenes)

1. (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.
2. (organic chemistry) The divalent radical derived from ethane.

Chemical Structure of Ethylene

Synonyms

• IUPAC name: ethene

Derived terms

• bromotrifluoroethylene
• chloroethylene
• chlorotrifluoroethylene
• cocaethylene
• dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene
• diethylene
• diphenylethylene
• ethylenediamine
• ethylene glycol
• ethyleneimine
• ethylene interpolymer
• ethylene oxide
• ethylene-vinyl acetate
• fluoroethylene
• haloethylene
• iodoethylene
• isopropylethylene
• nitroethylene
• nonethylene
• oligoethylene
• oxyethylene
• pentaethylenehexamine
• polyethylene
• polyethylene terephthalate
• tetraacetylethylenediamine
• tetrabromoethylene
• tetrafluoroethylene
• triethylene
• triphenylethylene

 

Translations

compound

• Catalan: etilè m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乙烯 (zh) (yǐxī)

• Czech: etylen m
• Danish: ætylen c or n
• Dutch: etheen (nl)
• Esperanto: eteno
• Finnish: etyleeni (fi), eteeni (fi)
• French: éthylène (fr) m, éthène (fr) m
• German: Ethen (de) n, Äthen (de) n, Ethylen (de), Äthylen (de)
• Hindi: दक्षुलेन्य (dakṣulenya)
• Hungarian: etilén (hu)
• Irish: eitéin f, eitiléin f
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• Italian: etilene (it) m
• Japanese: エチレン (echiren), エテン (eten)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: etylen n

  Nynorsk: etylen m or n

• Portuguese: etileno (pt) m
• Russian: этиле́н (ru) m (etilén)
• Spanish: etileno m
• Swedish: eten (sv); etylen (sv) (common name)
• Turkish: etilen (tr)

radical

• French: éthylène (fr) m
• Italian: etilene (it) m
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• Japanese: エチレン基 (エチレンき, echiren-ki)