ethylene

Questions about ethylene

What does ethylene mean?

ethylene means "a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic".

How many syllables are in ethylene?

ethylene has 3 syllables: et-hy-lene. The stress falls on "et". In IPA it is /ˈɛθəˌlin/.

What is another word for ethylene?

Close synonyms include ethene. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ethylene a common word?

ethylene is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ethylene?

24 words rhyme with ethylene. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.