ethylene
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, -ˈle-nik \
adjective
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Enterprise and Navigator anticipate that U.S. ethylene production will reach 90 billion pounds per year during the same period. — Katherine Blunt, Houston Chronicle, "Construction begins on Houston ethylene export terminal," 29 May 2018 That ethylene supply supports the production of polyethylene — the world's most common plastic — at the company's Sweeny complex. — Katherine Blunt, Houston Chronicle, "Phillips 66 to launch $1.5 billion expansion of Sweeny hub," 13 June 2018 Last year, three new Gulf Coast ethylene crackers boosted domestic ethane consumption to 1.2 billion barrels a day, the agency reported. — Katherine Blunt, Houston Chronicle, "U.S. ethane consumption expected to boom," 20 Feb. 2018 The best way to keep all of that ethylene from causing your apple to go off too soon is to keep them in the fridge—this will reduce the amount of gas produced, which will help them last longer. — Audrey Bruno, SELF, "How to Pick the Best Apples Every Single Time," 12 Sep. 2018 The explosion occurred Saturday morning when one of the plant's production lines leaked ethylene, a highly flammable gas used to make many types of plastics. — Katherine Blunt, Houston Chronicle, "Most injured workers released from hospitals after Kuraray explosion," 25 May 2018 Kuraray's Eval plant, located on Bay Area Boulevard, opened in 1986 to produce ethylene vinyl alcohol, a chemical used in food packaging. — Katherine Blunt, Houston Chronicle, "Most injured workers released from hospitals after Kuraray explosion," 25 May 2018 Another nearby facility, which the firm has recently expanded, converts the ethylene into plastic resin that is sold worldwide. — The Economist, "America’s chemicals industry is booming. But politics may get in its way," 14 Apr. 2018 This will trap the ripening ethylene gases and expedite the process. — Audrey Bruno, SELF, "Here's How to Store Pretty Much Any Kind of Produce," 25 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ethylene.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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ethylene
noun
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Medical Definition of ethylene
— called also ethene
Other Words from ethylene
, -ˈlen-ik
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adjective
, -ˈlen-i-k(ə-)lē
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adverb
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