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Meaning of 'pentamethylene' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pentamethylene [ n.]
- A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C5H10, metameric with the amylenes, and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives; -- so named because regarded as composed of five methylene residues. Cf. Trimethylene, and Tetramethylene.

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