Propylene
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 The organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆. countable, uncountable
- 2 a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis wordnet
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Coined by John Williams Reynolds in 1851, from French propionique + -ylene