noun Pentamethylene n. (Chem.) 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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