pentamethylene

noun

pen·​ta·​methylene

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1

: cyclopentane

2

: the bivalent radical −CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₂CH₂− derived from normal pentane by removal of one hydrogen atom from each end carbon atom

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary penta- + methylene

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