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Word: Methylene
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from French méthylène (formed irregularly from Greek methu ‘wine’ + hulē ‘wood’) + -ene
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmɛθɪliːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
of or denoting the divalent radical or group —CH₂—, derived from methane by loss of two hydrogen atoms
Short Definition:of divalent radical or group —CH₂—
Examples:- methylene chloride
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