BUTYLENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butylene mean? 

• BUTYLENE (noun)
  The noun BUTYLENE has 1 sense:

1. any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers

  Familiarity information: BUTYLENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTYLENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

butene; butylene

Hypernyms ("butylene" is a kind of...):

gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butylene"):

isobutylene (used also in making gasoline components)

polybutene; polybutylene (a polymer of butylene; used in lubricants and synthetic rubber)