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Definition: CH2Br2
Methylene
\Meth"yl*ene\, n. [F. m['e]thyl[`e]ne, from Gr. ? wine
+ ? wood; -- a word coined to correspond to the name wood
spirit.] (Chem.)
A divalent hydrocarbon radical,
-CH2-, not known in the
free state, but regarded as an essential residue and
component of certain derivatives of methane; as, methylene
bromide,
CH2Br2; -- formerly called also
methene.
[1913 Webster]
Methylene blue (Chem.), an artificial dyestuff consisting
of a complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; --
called also
pure blue.
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