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Meaning of Ethylene | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɛθɪˌliːn

Definitions

  1. The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄.
  2. The divalent radical derived from ethane.

Equivalents

العربية الإثيلين
Català etilè
Čeština ethylen etylen
Deutsch Athen Äthylen Ethen Ethylen
Esperanto eteno
Español etileno
Français éthène éthylène
Gaeilge eitéin eitiléin
Italiano etilene
Қазақша этен этилен
Nederlands etheen
Polski eten etylen
Português etileno
Română etilenă
Русский этиле́н
Svenska eten etylen
Türkçe etilen

Examples

“SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.”
“As a demonstration, we first establish the correctness of the Jacobian matrices for kinetic models of hydrogen, methane, ethylene, and isopentanol oxidation, then demonstrate the performance achievable on CPUs and GPUs using pyJac via matrix evaluation timing comparisons..”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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