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Webster 1913 Edition

Ethenyl

Eth′e-nyl

,

Noun.

[

Ethene

+

-yl

.]

(Chem.)

(a)

A trivalent hydrocarbon radical,

CH3.C

.

(b)

A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series,

CH2:CH

; – called also

vinyl

. See

.