'Hexene' definitions:
Definition of 'Hexene'
From: GCIDE
- Hexene \Hex"ene\, n. [Gr. "e`x six.] (Chem.) Same as Hexylene. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'hexene'
From: GCIDE
- Hexylene \Hex"yl*ene\, n. [Hex- + -yl + ethlene.] (Chem.) A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals; also, any one several isomers of hexylene proper. Called also hexene. [1913 Webster]