"-ylene" meaning in English

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Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English -ene English -ylene From ethylene and amylene, where the -yl- is etymological. Sense 2 from -yl + -ene. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|-yl|-ene<id:organic chemistry>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English -ene English -ylene [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "French", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ῡ̔́λη", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-yl", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "organic chemistry", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ene", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ylene", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="-ylene">, {{af|en|-yl|-ene}} -yl + -ene Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -ylene, {{en-suffix}} -ylene
  1. Synonym of -ene Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -ene [synonym, synonym-of]
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  2. (organic chemistry) used to form the names of bivalent radicals Tags: morpheme
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