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Definition: Propylene |
PropyleneNoun1. A flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "propylene" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
Etymology: Propylene \Pro"pyl*ene\, noun. [Compare to the French expression propyl[`e]ne.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: PropyleneSynonym: propene (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Propylene |
| English words defined with "propylene": allyl, allyl group, allyl radical ♦ polypropene, polypropylene ♦ Trimethylene, Tritylene. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "propylene": ethylene-propylene rubber ♦ LIQUEFIED GASES ♦ Polypropylenes, Propylene Glycols ♦ Still gas. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The price of propylene, the raw material of polypropylene, kept rising, which brought pressure to domestic polypropylene enterprises. (references) | |
This analysis examines the Taiwan market for petrochemical production machinery and includes data on equipment used to produce monomers, ethylene, styrene and propylene. (references) | ||
Annual imports of raw materials and intermediates is around $100 million, among which the largest quantity is from aliphatic alcohol, including isopropyl alcohol, butyl alcohol, octyl alcohol and propylene glycol. (references) | ||
Economic History | Netherlands | In the chemical sector, Lyondell Chemical Nederland Ltd. is currently investing $1 billion in expanding Propylene Oxide (PO) and Tertiary Butyl Alcohol production in the Port of Rotterdam Botlek area. (references) |
Colombia | Propylene, styrene, polyethylene of 0.94 gravity or more, polyethylene of less than 0.94, linear low-density, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, and polyesters are the best prospects for U.S. suppliers. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Propylene" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.33% of the time. "Propylene" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.33% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "propylene": propylene dicarboxylic acid ♦ Propylene Glycol ♦ propylene glycol alginate ♦ Propylene Glycols. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "propylene": ethylene-propylene, tetra-propylene. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "propylene"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 丙烯 (Propene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | propylen (Propene), Propen (Propene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | propyleen (Propene), propeen (Propene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | propyleenidikloridi (CH3CH(C1)CH2Cl, propylene dichloride), rasvahappojen propyleeniglykoliesterit (E477, either alone or mixed with diesters, monoesters of propylene glycol and of fatty acids), E 477 (E477, either alone or mixed with diesters, monoesters of propylene glycol and of fatty acids). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | propylène (Propene), Propène (Propene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Propylen (Propene), Propen (Propene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προπυλένιο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Propilene (Propene). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | プロトン磁力計 (probability, professional, professor, profile, profiler, profit, propaganda, propagandist, propagation, propane, propane gas, propeller, proper, property, proton magnetometer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | プロ"レン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | opylenepray propileno. (various references) пропилен. (various references) propileno. (various references) propylenglykolestrar av fettsyror (E477, either alone or mixed with diesters, monoesters of propylene glycol and of fatty acids), E 477 (E477, either alone or mixed with diesters, monoesters of propylene glycol and of fatty acids), 1,2-diklorpropan (CH3CH(C1)CH2Cl, propylene dichloride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "propylene": propylenes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "propylene": polypropylene. (additional references) | |
Words containing "propylene": polypropylenes. (additional references) | |
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"Propylene" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: paraxylene, polyene, populnea, propalene, propolene, Propylaea. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "propylene" (pronounced prōpulē"n) |
| 5 | -p u l ē" n | trampoline. |
| 4 | -u l ē" n | baleen, saline. |
| 3 | -l ē" n | clean, colleen, glean, lean, lien, Moline, spleen, unclean. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-l-n-o-p-p-r-y" | |
-1 letter: propenyl. | |
-2 letters: peopler, polyene, pronely, propene. | |
-3 letters: eloper, lopper, opener, openly, people, pereon, poleyn, popery, propel, propyl, pyrene, pyrone, pyrope, reopen, yelper. | |
-4 letters: elope, enrol, leery, leone, leper, loner, loper, loppy, nerol, onery, peery, pelon, peony, plyer, poler, polyp, porny, preen, prole, prone, pylon, repel, reply, ropey. | |
-5 letters: eely, eery, enol, erne, eyen, eyer, eyne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-l-n-o-p-p-r-y" | |
+1 letter: propylenes. | |
+2 letters: prepotently. | |
+4 letters: polypropylene, preemployment. | |
+5 letters: polypropylenes, preemployments, preponderantly, preponderately, pyelonephritic, pyelonephritis. | |
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