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Meaning of methylene in English
Pronunciation
/ˈmɛθəˌlin/
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Noun
methylene
Etymology
mid 19th century: from French méthylène (formed irregularly from Greek methu‘wine’ + hulē‘wood’) + -ene
Definitions
1.
the bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane