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hexylene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hexy-lene
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A colourless liquid hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals.

noun

Any of several isomers of hexylene proper.

Etymology

From hex- + -ylene.

Inflected Forms

hexylenes (plural)

Synonyms

hexene

Questions

What does hexylene mean?
A colourless liquid hydrocarbon, C₆H₁₂, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals.
Where does hexylene come from?
From hex- + -ylene.

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