methylene group

1. 1.

   the bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane

   Synonymsmethylene radicalmethylene

   Broadergroup

Questions about methylene group

What does methylene group mean?

methylene group means "the bivalent radical CH2 derived from methane".

What is another word for methylene group?

Close synonyms include methylene radical, methylene. 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 methylene group a common word?

methylene group is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.