ethyleneimine

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noun

aziridine

OriginEnglish imine ← Latin ammoniacus ← Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn) →
Scrabble 21
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Meanings

nounethyleneimine (plural ethyleneimines)

plural ethyleneimines

  1. chemistryaziridine

    From ethyleneoxides or ethyleneimines carrying an acyl substituent, with hydrazine and its derivatives (Ch. 3. XV).

    2009, Richard H. Wiley, Pyrazoles and Reduced and Condensed Pyrazoles, Volume 22, page 387

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
aziridine

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eydʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*áitʰō
  3. Ancient Greekαἴθω (aíthō)
  4. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.?
  5. Ancient Greekαἰθήρ (aithḗr)
  6. Latinaethēr
  7. GermanÄther
  8. GermanEther
  9. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  11. GermanEthy
  12. Englishethyl
  13. Englisheth-
  14. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  15. Englishethylene
  16. Egyptianjmn
  17. Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
  18. LatinAmmōn
  19. Latinammoniacus
  20. Englishammonia
  21. Englishamine
  22. Englishimine
  23. Englishethyleneimine

From ethylene + imine.

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APA

ethyleneimine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethyleneimine

MLA

“ethyleneimine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethyleneimine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ethyleneimine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethyleneimine.

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