Butylene

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of three gaseous isomeric ethylene hydrocarbons, C4H8, used principally in making synthetic rubbers.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of three isomeric aliphatic alkenes containing four carbon atoms and one double bond; their polymers are used as synthetic rubber.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable; -- called also butene.
  • n. the hypothetical divalent radical -(CH2)4-; -- used in combining forms.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A hydrocarbon (C4H8) belonging to the olefine series. It exists in three isomeric forms, all of which are gases at ordinary temperatures.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gas   
    Variant
    butene   
    Hyponym
    polybutylene    polybutene    isobutylene   
     
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