ethylene en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɛθəˌliːn/ weak vowel merger
- /ˈɛθɪˌliːn/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl English eth- ▲ Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl French -ènebor. English -ene English -ylene English ethylene From eth- + -ylene.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄.
As a demonstration, we first establish the correctness of the Jacobian matrices for kinetic models of hydrogen, methane, ethylene, and isopentanol oxidation, then demonstrate the performance achievable on CPUs and GPUs using pyJac via matrix evaluation timing comparisons..
2016, Kyle E. Niemeyer, Nicholas J. Curtis, Chih-Jen Sung, “pyJac: analytical Jacobian generator for chemical kinetics”, in arXiv:SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.
2015 August 18, Clelia De-la-Peña et al., “The role of chromatin modifications in somatic embryogenesis in plants”, in Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 6, →DOI:
- (countable, uncountable) The divalent radical derived from ethane.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ethylenes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
monoethylene · ethyleneimine · nonethylene · ethylenediaminetetraacetate · ethylenic · tetrachloroethylene · isopropylethylene · triethylene · ethylene oxide · tetraacetylethylenediamine · nitroethylene · ethylenediaminetetraacetic · ethylene glycol · melene · ethylene-vinyl acetate · ethylene interpolymer · haloethylene · tetrabromoethylene · polyethylene terephthalate · etorphine · iodoethylene · dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene · ethyleneoxide · bromotrifluoroethylene · fluoroethylene · pentaethylenehexamine · polyethylene · chloroethylene · oxyethylene · diethylene · tetrafluoroethylene · diphenylethylene · nonylene · methene · perchloroethylene · quartene · oligoethylene · monoethylene glycol · polyoxyethylene · chlorotrifluoroethylene · cocaethylene · hexylene · tetrylene · triphenylethylene · ethylenediamine
Synonyms
Translations (47)
ky этилен (compound) · hi दक्षुलेन्य (compound) · ja エチレン基 (radical) · de Ethen (compound) · da ætylen (compound) · kk этилен (compound) · nn etylen (compound) · nl etheen (compound) · it etilene (compound) · de Ethylen (compound) · tr etilen (compound) · hu etilén (compound) · ru этиле́н (compound) · pl etylen (compound) · pl eten (radical) · cs etylen (compound) · vi etilen (compound) · de Äthen (compound) · ja エチレン (compound) · sv eten (compound) · fi eteeni (compound) · es etileno (compound) · nb etylen (compound) · de Äthylen (compound) · fr éthène (compound) · ga eitéin (compound) · cmn 乙烯 (compound) · ko 에틸렌 (compound) · it etilene (radical) · ky этен (compound) · ro etilenă (compound) · ca etilè (compound) · eo eteno (compound) · kk этен (compound) · sv etylen (compound) · pl eten (compound) · fr éthylène (radical) · uk етиле́н (compound) · ga eitiléin (compound) · pl etylen (radical) · fr éthylène (compound) · ja エテン (compound) · fi etyleeni (compound) · pt etileno (compound) · uk ете́н (compound) · ba этилен (compound) · uk етиле́н (radical)