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Propylene

noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis wordnet

Etymology

Coined by John Williams Reynolds in 1851, from French propionique + -ylene

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