Ethene

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See ethylene.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The official IUPAC name for the organic chemical compound ethylene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Ethylene; olefiant gas.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as ethylene.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gas    alkene    olefine    olefin   
    Hyponym
    trichloroethane    trichloroethylene    tce   
    Form
    polyethene   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ethylene   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ethyne    ethane    stilbene    acrolein    benzene    carcinogen    acetaldehyde    ethylene    isostructural    butane   
     
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