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propylene


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Propylene  \Pro"pyl*ene\,  n.  [Cf.  F.  propyl[`e]ne.]  (Chem.) 
  A  colorless  gaseous  hydrocarbon  ({C3H6})  of  the  ethylene 
  series,  having  a  garlic  odor.  It  occurs  in  coal  gas,  and  is 
  produced  artificially  in  various  ways.  Called  also  {propene}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  propylene 
  n  :  a  flammable  gas  obtained  by  cracking  petroleum;  used  in 
  organic  synthesis  [syn:  {propene}] 




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