ethene

[ eth-een ]

nounChemistry.

Origin of ethene

1
First recorded in 1870–75; eth(yl) + -ene

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

British Dictionary definitions for ethene

ethene

/ (ˈɛθiːn) /


noun
  1. the technical name for ethylene

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for ethene

ethene

[ ĕthēn′ ]


The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.