tetrylene

English

Etymology

From tetr- +‎ ethylene, because of the four carbon atoms in the molecule.

Noun

tetrylene (usually uncountable, plural tetrylenes)

(chemistry) butylene

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tetrylene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)