Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ethylene .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Ethylene; olefiant gas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry The official
IUPAC name for theorganic chemical compound ethylene . The simplestalkene , a colorlessgaseous (at roomtemperature andpressure )hydrocarbon with thechemical formula C2H4.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But Dutch researcher Tymen Tiemersma thinks he has a solution: a reactor that can produce ethene from natural gas.
2010 April | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 2010
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Peak oil signifies disaster for plastics producers — ethene, one of the raw materials used to make plastics, relies on abundant supplies of oil for production.
2010 April | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 2010
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Gouw found that the concentrations of ethene and propene -- which both contribute to ozone formation -- dropped by 52 percent and 48 percent respectively between 2000 and 2006.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Describe the procedure to synthesize the ester ethyl ethanoate (ethyl acetate), starting from ethene.? en Español
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Tiemersma found an apparently very simple solution for one of the biggest problems in producing ethene from natural gas.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Gouw found that the concentrations of ethene and propene -- which both contribute to ozone formation -- dropped by 52 percent and 48 percent respectively between 2000 and 2006.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Describe the procedure to synthesize the ester ethyl ethanoate (ethyl acetate), starting from ethene.? en Español
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Describe the procedure to synthesize the ester ethyl ethanoate (ethyl acetate), starting from ethene.? en Español
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Describe the procedure to synthesize the ester ethyl ethanoate (ethyl acetate), starting from ethene.? en Español
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Describe the procedure to synthesize the ester ethyl ethanoate (ethyl acetate), starting from ethene.? en Español
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