"ethylene" meaning in English

See ethylene in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛθɪˌliːn/, /ˈɛθəˌliːn/ (note: weak vowel merger) Forms: ethylenes [plural]
Etymology: From ethyl + -ene. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ethyl|-ene}} ethyl + -ene Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Translations (compound): этилен (etilen) (Bashkir), etilè [masculine] (Catalan), 乙烯 (yǐxī) (Chinese Mandarin), etylen [masculine] (Czech), ætylen [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), etheen (Dutch), eteno (Esperanto), etyleeni (Finnish), eteeni (Finnish), éthylène [masculine] (French), éthène [masculine] (French), Ethen [neuter] (German), Äthen [neuter] (German), Ethylen (German), Äthylen (German), दक्षुलेन्य (dakṣulenya) (Hindi), etilén (Hungarian), eitéin [feminine] (Irish), eitiléin [feminine] (Irish), etilene [masculine] (Italian), エチレン (echiren) (Japanese), エテン (eten) (Japanese), этилен (étilen) (Kazakh), этен (éten) (Kazakh), этилен (etilen) (Kyrgyz), этен (eten) (Kyrgyz), etylen [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), etylen [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), etileno [masculine] (Portuguese), этиле́н (etilén) [masculine] (Russian), etileno [masculine] (Spanish), eten (Swedish), etylen [common, name] (Swedish), etilen (Turkish), ете́н (etén) [masculine] (Ukrainian), етиле́н (etylén) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (organic chemistry) The divalent radical derived from ethane. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Translations (radical): éthylène [masculine] (French), etilene [masculine] (Italian), エチレン基 (echiren-ki) (alt: エチレンき) (Japanese), етиле́н (etylén) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-ethylene-en-noun-umbipzES Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'radical': 0 100
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Synonyms: ethene [IUPAC], olefiant gas [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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}

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