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ELAYL n.
-- so called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine. [Written also elayle.] See Ethylene.
ETHYLENE n.
ne to form oily liquids (Dutch liquid), -- hence called olefiant gas. Called also ethene, elayl, and formerly, bicarbureted hydrogen. Ethylene series (Chem.), the series if unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is the type, and represented by the general formula CnH2n.