METHYLENE


Meaning of METHYLENE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈme-thə-ˌlēn, -lən ]

noun

Etymology: French méthylène, from Greek methy wine + hylē wood — more at mead

Date: 1835

: a divalent hydrocarbon group CH 2 derived from methane

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