Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ethylene

1 sense of ethylene

Sense 1
ethylene, ethene -- (a flammable colorless gaseous alkene; obtained from petroleum and natural gas and used in manufacturing many other chemicals; sometimes used as an anesthetic)
       => alkene, olefine, olefin -- (any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon)
       => gas -- (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)