ethylene : Idioms & Phrases


ethylene glycol

  • noun a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent
    glycol; ethanediol.
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Ethylene series

  • (Chem.), the series if unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is the type, and represented by the general formula CnH2n.
Webster 1913

ethylene tetrachloride

  • noun anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes
    tetrachloroethylene; tetrachlorethylene; carbon dichloride.
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