ethylenediamine
e·thyl·ene·di·a·mine/ˌɛ.θɪ.liːnˈdaɪ.ə.miːn/noun
ethylenediamine is a noun meaning “The diamine NH₂-CH₂-CH₂-NH₂ that is used in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of polymers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-T-H-Y-L-E-N-E-D-I-A-M-I-N-E and has 6 syllables (e·thyl·ene·di·a·mine), and it appears about once in every 33 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does ethylenediamine mean?
noun
- 1
The diamine NH₂-CH₂-CH₂-NH₂ that is used in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of polymers
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce ethylenediamine?
- UK /ˌɛ.θɪ.liːnˈdaɪ.ə.miːn/
Ethylenediamine has 6 syllables, split e·thyl·ene·di·a·mine in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ethylenediamine?
Ethylenediamine appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does ethylenediamine come from?
From ethylene + diamine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).