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butyl mercaptan |
butyl nitrite |
butyl rubber |
butylamine |
butylate |
butylene
| butyraceous
| butyrate
| butyric
| butyric acid
| butyrin
butylene
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun butylene has 1 sense
- butylene(n = noun.substance) butene - any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers; Array has particulars: isobutylene, polybutene, polybutylene
is a kind of gas
CIDE DICTIONARY
butylene, n. [From Butyl.].
- Any one of three metameric hydrocarbons,
C4H8 , of the ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable; -- called alsobutene . [1913 Webster] - the hypothetical divalent radical
-(CH2)4- ; -- used in combining forms; as, butylene diamine. [PJC]
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