Ethylenic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Containing ethylene or an ethylene derivative not-comparable

    "an ethylenic polymer"

  2. 2
    Pertaining to or characteristic of ethylene not-comparable

    "the ethylenic double bond"

Etymology

From ethylene + -ic.

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