Chem. Obs. [f. Gr. ἐλαῑς an olive-tree (cf. ἔλαιον olive-oil) + ὔλη substance, material.] Same as ETHYLENE. In quot. in comb.
1865. Mansfield, Salts, 509. We see … why the base … should differ so greatly in its behaviour from … Elayl-Stannethyl.
