• (n.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C5H10, metameric with the amylenes, and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives; -- so named because regarded as composed of five methylene residues. Cf. Trimethylene, and Tetramethylene.
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Pen`ta·meth'yl·ene noun [
Penta- +
methylene .]
(Chemistry) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C
5 H
10 , metameric with the amylenes, and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives; -- so named because regarded as composed of five methylene residues. Confer
T...
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