tetramethylene (English, noun)
expansion: tetramethylene (plural tetramethylenes)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C₄H₈, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene.
Forms:
form: tetramethylenes
tags: plural