hexylene

English

noun
Definitions
  • (chemistry) A colourless liquid hydrocarbon, C, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals.
  • (chemistry) Any of several isomers of hexylene proper.

Etymology

Affix from English ethylene (affix).

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English

ethylene

Gloss

affix

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