methylene

About 1.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The divalent group –CH2– in which the free valencies are part of single bonds.
2. noun The same group, present as a repeating unit, in aliphatic compounds with names such as hexamethylenediamine.
3. noun The unstable carbene :CH2

Similar words

acrylamide thf methene eosin chloride polyamine tetrahydrofolate bis leuco methylidene

Often followed by

blue chloride group groups protons iodide dichloride diphosphonate and carbon

Word family

methylenes