Explore Ethylene through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like ethene or alkene. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ethylene meaning
- The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄.
- The divalent radical derived from ethane.
Using Ethylene
- The main meaning on this page is: The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄. | The divalent radical derived from ethane.
- Useful related words include: ethene, alkene, olefine, olefin.
- In the example corpus, ethylene often appears in combinations such as: ethylene oxide, of ethylene, ethylene glycol.
Context around Ethylene
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ethylene
- In this selection, "ethylene" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, inhibiting, inhibit, oxide, oxide, perception and glycol stand out and add context to how "ethylene" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and inhibiting ethylene perception and and leukemia ethylene oxide can. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ethylene" sits close to words such as andes, anglia and antelope, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ethylene
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bananas emit a lot of ethylene gas. (7 words)
Ethylene biosynthesis can be induced by endogenous or exogenous ethylene. (10 words)
Ethylene promotes ripening in foods and could lead to rotten food. (11 words)
The duration of round trips from U.S. exports to Asia of LPG, ethane and ethylene is expected to increase by 20 to 30 days on a round voyage, depending on whether the route is via Suez Canal or Cape of Good Hope. (43 words)
The jury found the Oak Brook-based company did not invest in emissions-curbing technology, which would have reduced the amount of carcinogenic gas emitted from its Willowbrook plant, despite knowing the cancer risk ethylene oxide posed to neighbors. (39 words)
Bernama reported that aside from leading to lymphoma and leukemia, ethylene oxide can also seriously irritate the skin and eyes of those who come into contact with the substance and can even trigger birth and hereditary defects. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Inhibitors of ethylene perception include compounds that have a similar shape to ethylene, but do not elicit the ethylene response.
Researchers have developed several ways to inhibit ethylene, including inhibiting ethylene synthesis and inhibiting ethylene perception.
These ethylene-sensitive fruits and vegetables should be kept away from ethylene producing ones.
Once completed, the facility will include an ethylene cracker and polyethylene production complex slated to produce 1.6 million tons of ethylene each year and permanently employ about 600 workers, according to the company.
The Ethylene Oxide/Ethylene Glycol (EO/EG) CGU and the Tetramerization (TET) CGU were impaired by R5,5 billion (US$388 million) and R7,4 billion () respectively.
By inhibiting ethylene perception, fruits, plants and flowers don't respond to ethylene produced endogenously or from exogenous sources.
Environmental and biological triggers of ethylene Environmental cues such as flooding, drought, chilling, wounding, and pathogen attack can induce ethylene formation in plants.
Ethylene biosynthesis can be induced by endogenous or exogenous ethylene.
Ethylene perception in plants Ethylene is perceived by a family of five transmembrane protein dimers such as the ETR1 protein in Arabidopsis.
Many reactions of ethylene are catalyzed by transition metals, which bind transiently to the ethylene using both the π and π* orbitals.
The most important epoxide in terms of industrial scale is ethylene oxide, which is produced by oxidation of ethylene with oxygen.
Bananas emit a lot of ethylene gas.
Bernama reported that aside from leading to lymphoma and leukemia, ethylene oxide can also seriously irritate the skin and eyes of those who come into contact with the substance and can even trigger birth and hereditary defects.
Brooks said he learned that ethylene oxide has been found to be 60 times more toxic than originally thought.
Ethylene promotes ripening in foods and could lead to rotten food.
Other key products are propylene and ethylene polymers, pet coke, gypsum, chemicals, and iron and steel.
Other medical device sterilization companies in Los Angeles County also have faced enforcement from the South Coast Air Quality Management District for emissions of ethylene oxide above mandated thresholds.
The analysis found that the product contained unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants," read a WHO report.
The duration of round trips from U.S. exports to Asia of LPG, ethane and ethylene is expected to increase by 20 to 30 days on a round voyage, depending on whether the route is via Suez Canal or Cape of Good Hope.
The jury found the Oak Brook-based company did not invest in emissions-curbing technology, which would have reduced the amount of carcinogenic gas emitted from its Willowbrook plant, despite knowing the cancer risk ethylene oxide posed to neighbors.
Common combinations with ethylene
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ethylene oxide 25×
- of ethylene 22×
- ethylene glycol 12×
- ethylene gas 11×
- and ethylene 9×
- the ethylene 6×
- an ethylene 6×
- ethylene perception 5×
- ethylene is 5×
- with ethylene 5×