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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cyclic compound containing three or more methylene groups. The most important are the naphthenes or derivatives of hexamethylene or hexahydrobenzene.
 
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- noun obsolete  (
chemistry ) Anyorganic compound having ageneral formula (CH2)n - noun chemistry  (in combination) Any of many organic compounds either having a 
polymeric structure of repeating -CH2- groups 
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