2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ethylidene \E*thyl"i*dene\ (Chem.) An unsymmetrical, divalent, hydrocarbon radical, {C2H4} metameric with ethylene but written thus, {CH3.CH=} to distinguish it from the symmetrical ethylene, {CH2=CH2}. Its compounds are derived from aldehyde. Formerly called also {ethidene}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ethylene \Eth"yl*ene\ ([e^]th"[i^]l*[=e]n), n. [From {Ethyl}.] (Chem.) A colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon, {C2H4}, forming an important ingredient of illuminating gas, and also obtained by the action of concentrated sulphuric acid in alcohol. It is an unsaturated compound and combines directly with chlorine and bromine to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), -- hence called {olefiant gas}. Called also {ethene}, {elayl}, and formerly, {bicarbureted hydrogen}. [1913 Webster] {Ethylene series} (Chem.), the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is the type, and represented by the general formula {CnH2n}. [1913 Webster]
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