ISOBUTYLENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does isobutylene mean? 

• ISOBUTYLENE (noun)
  The noun ISOBUTYLENE has 1 sense:

1. used also in making gasoline components

  Familiarity information: ISOBUTYLENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOBUTYLENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used also in making gasoline components

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("isobutylene" is a kind of...):

butene; butylene (any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers)

Holonyms ("isobutylene" is a substance of...):

butyl (a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9))

 Context examples 

Dimethylvinyl chloride is exclusively used for research purposes in organic synthesis and in the production of isobutylene compounds.

(Dimethylvinyl Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)