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Webster 1913 Edition


Methenyl

Meth′e-nyl

,
Noun.
[
Methene
+
-yl
.]
(Chem.)
The hypothetical hydrocarbon radical
CH
, regarded as an essential residue of certain organic compounds.

Definition 2024


methenyl

methenyl

English

Noun

methenyl (plural methenyls)

  1. (chemistry) The hypothetical hydrocarbon radical CH, regarded as an essential residue of certain organic compounds.