Usually means: Four-carbon alkane, also butane.
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  1. tetramethylene: Merriam-Webster
  2. tetramethylene: Wordnik
  3. tetramethylene: Wiktionary
  4. Tetramethylene, tetramethylene: Dictionary.com
  5. Tetramethylene: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. tetramethylene: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Tetramethylene: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. tetramethylene: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Tetramethylene: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tetramethylene)

noun:  (organic chemistry) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, Câ‚„H₈, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.
noun:  (chemistry) An isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene.

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