ethylene
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
ethylene
- (organic compound) 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.
- (organic chemistry) The divalent radical derived from ethane.
- IUPAC name: ethene
- French: éthylène, éthène
- German: Ethen, Äthen, Ethylen, Äthylen
- Italian: etilene
- Portuguese: etileno
- Russian: этиле́н
- Spanish: etileno
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