another name (no longer in technical usage) for pentene
amylene in American English
(ˈæməˌlin)
noun
any of several liquid isomeric hydrocarbons having the formula C5H10; pentene
amylene in American English
(ˈæməˌlin)
noun
Chemistry
any of five unsaturated isomeric hydrocarbons having the formula C5H10
Word origin
[1855–60; amyl + -ene]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: kickoff, lavabo, pickup, specialist, superheat-ene is a suffix used to form names of unsaturated hydrocarbons (anthracene; benzene), esp. those of the alkene series (butylene)