Definitions for ethylene

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ethylene eth·yl·ene

Spelling: [eth-uh-leen]

IPA: /ˈɛθ əˌlin/

Ethylene is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in ethylene (eeehlnty).

Definitions for ethylene

noun

1. Also called ethene, olefiant gas. a colorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 4 , having a sweet, unpleasant odor and taste, the first member of the ethylene series, usually obtained from petroleum and natural gas: used as an agent to improve the color of citrus fruits, in the synthesis of polyethylene, ethylene dibromide, ethylene oxide, and other organic compounds, and in medicine chiefly as an inhalation anesthetic.

adjective

1. containing the ethylene group.

Origin of ethylene

First recorded in 1850-55; ethyl + -ene

Examples for ethylene

ethylene burns with a bright luminous flame, and forms a very explosive mixture with oxygen.

Dichloride of ethylene is detected by shaking up the chloroform with dry potassic carbonate, and then adding metallic potassium.

Propylene oxide is less toxic than ethylene oxide but is still highly toxic.

A similar relation holds good between marsh gas and olefiant gas (ethylene).

Acetylene combines with hydrogen in the presence of platinum black, and ethylene and then ethane result.

A drawback particularly associated with ethylene 45 oxide is its tendency to polymerize during storage.

ethylene ripening of tomatoes in relation to stage of maturity.

The idea held up to about 1890 was that the illuminating value depended upon the amount of ethylene present.

This converts the alcohol into a gas known as ethylene (C2H4).

“There are similarities between propylene glycol and ethylene glycol, the anti-freeze used in automobiles,” Dale said.