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amylene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
amy-lene
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pentene.

Obsolete

noun

A colorless, volatile, mobile liquid consisting of a mixture of different isomers of this hydrocarbon.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *mólā Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē) Ancient Greek ἄμῠλος (ámŭlos) Ancient Greek ἄμῠλον (ámŭlon)der. Latin amylumder. English amyl French -ènebor. English -ene English amylene From amyl + -ene.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Chemistry.

Inflected Forms

amylenes (plural)

Derived Forms

diamylene isoamylene metamylene paramylene

Questions

What does amylene mean?
Pentene.
Where does amylene come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *mólā Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē) Ancient Greek ἄμῠλος (ámŭlos) Ancient Greek ἄμῠλον (ámŭlon)der. Latin amylumder. English amyl French -ènebor. English -ene English amylene From amyl + -ene.

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