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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless compound, (CH3)2C:C(CH3)C(CH3)2CH2CH3, prepared by the action of sulphuric acid on trimethylethylene. It boils at 154–156° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene.
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- noun organic chemistry A
liquid hydrocarbon , C10H20, of theethylene series , regarded as apolymeric form ofamylene .
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di- + amylene
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