Definitions for propylene

propylene pro·pyl·ene

Spelling: [proh-puh-leen]
IPA: /ˈproʊ pəˌlin/

Propylene is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in propylene (eelnoppry).

Definitions for propylene

adjective

  1. containing the propylene group.

noun

  1. Also, propene. a colorless, flammable gas, C 3 H 6 , of the olefin series: used chiefly in organic synthesis.

Origin of propylene

First recorded in 1840-50; propyl + -ene

Examples for propylene

propylene glycol is used for a variety of industrial, cosmetic, and food production uses.

propylene glycol as a liquid, he told me, is “similar to antifreeze.”

Tests have shown that, insofar as ease of detonation is concerned, 1,2-butylene oxide is similar to propylene 30 oxide.

Insofar as ease of detonation is concerned, 1,2-butylene oxide has about 65 the same explosive limits as propylene oxide.

One drawback, common to both ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, is toxicity.

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

The major point is that we have no studies that show the safety of propylene glycol when inhaled over the long term.

One key ingredient of the stuff: propylene glycol, a synthetic liquid that absorbs water.

propylene glycol has been used as the base for fog machine liquids and in nebulizers for decades.

The European formula for Fireball has even less: under one gram per kilogram of propylene glycol.

Word Value for propylene
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