"methylene" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: methylenes [plural]
Etymology: French méthylène, from Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”) + ὕλη (húlē, “wood”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|méthylène}} French méthylène, {{uder|en|grc|μέθυ||wine}} Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”), {{m|grc|ὕλη||wood}} ὕλη (húlē, “wood”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} methylene (countable and uncountable, plural methylenes)
  1. (organic chemistry) The divalent group CH₂< in which the free valencies are part of single bonds. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Translations (divalent radical): metilè [masculine] (Catalan), metyleeni (Finnish), méthylène [masculine] (French), μεθυλένιο (methylénio) [neuter] (Greek), metilene [masculine] (Italian), metileno (Portuguese), метиле́н (metilén) [masculine] (Russian), metileno [masculine] (Spanish), metileno (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-methylene-en-noun-M2hK-DPJ Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'divalent radical': 42 27 31
  2. (organic chemistry) The same group, present as a repeating unit, in aliphatic compounds with names such as hexamethylenediamine. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Translations (group present as a repeating unit): méthylène [masculine] (French), μεθυλένιο (methylénio) [neuter] (Greek), метиле́н (metilén) [masculine] (Russian), metileno [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-methylene-en-noun-veBfwjk2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 46 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 47 22 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 32 44 24 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'group present as a repeating unit': 18 67 16
  3. (organic chemistry) The unstable carbene CH₂: Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Translations (unstable carbene CH2): méthylène [masculine] (French), μεθυλένιο (methylénio) [neuter] (Greek), метиле́н (metilén) [masculine] (Russian), metileno [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-methylene-en-noun-9d8hwyWI Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'unstable carbene CH2': 15 5 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: methene Related terms: methylenomycin, methylidene

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metilén",
      "sense": "divalent radical",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метиле́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "divalent radical",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metileno"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "divalent radical",
      "word": "metileno"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "group present as a repeating unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "méthylène"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "methylénio",
      "sense": "group present as a repeating unit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μεθυλένιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metilén",
      "sense": "group present as a repeating unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метиле́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "group present as a repeating unit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metileno"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unstable carbene CH2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "méthylène"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "methylénio",
      "sense": "unstable carbene CH2",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μεθυλένιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metilén",
      "sense": "unstable carbene CH2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метиле́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unstable carbene CH2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metileno"
    }
  ],
  "word": "methylene"
}

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