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xylene
(encz) | xylene,xylen n: [chem.] logbun |
Xylene
(gcide) | Xylene \Xy"lene\, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.)
Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the
aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named
because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily,
inflammable liquids, C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes,
and are called respectively orthoxylene, metaxylene, and
paraxylene. Called also xylol.
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Note: Each of these xylenes is the nucleus and prototype of a
distinct series of compounds.
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xylene
(wn) | xylene
n 1: a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a
solvent [syn: xylene, xylol] |
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xylene
(encz) | xylene,xylen n: [chem.] logbun |
xylene dibromide
(encz) | xylene dibromide,xylyléndiamin n: [chem.] logbun |
Hexylene
(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.
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Metaxylene
(gcide) | Metaxylene \Met`a*xy"lene\, n. [Pref. meta- + xylene.] (Chem.)
That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the two
methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each
other. It is a colorless inflammable liquid.
[1913 Webster]Xylene \Xy"lene\, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.)
Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the
aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named
because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily,
inflammable liquids, C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes,
and are called respectively orthoxylene, metaxylene, and
paraxylene. Called also xylol.
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Note: Each of these xylenes is the nucleus and prototype of a
distinct series of compounds.
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metaxylene
(gcide) | Metaxylene \Met`a*xy"lene\, n. [Pref. meta- + xylene.] (Chem.)
That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the two
methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each
other. It is a colorless inflammable liquid.
[1913 Webster]Xylene \Xy"lene\, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.)
Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the
aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named
because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily,
inflammable liquids, C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes,
and are called respectively orthoxylene, metaxylene, and
paraxylene. Called also xylol.
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Note: Each of these xylenes is the nucleus and prototype of a
distinct series of compounds.
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Orthoxylene
(gcide) | Orthoxylene \Or`tho*xy"lene\, n. [Ortho- + xylene.] (Chem.)
That variety of xylene (C6H4(CH3)2) in which the two methyl
groups are in the ortho position; a colorless, liquid,
combustible hydrocarbon resembling benzene.
[1913 Webster]Xylene \Xy"lene\, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.)
Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the
aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named
because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily,
inflammable liquids, C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes,
and are called respectively orthoxylene, metaxylene, and
paraxylene. Called also xylol.
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Note: Each of these xylenes is the nucleus and prototype of a
distinct series of compounds.
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orthoxylene
(gcide) | Orthoxylene \Or`tho*xy"lene\, n. [Ortho- + xylene.] (Chem.)
That variety of xylene (C6H4(CH3)2) in which the two methyl
groups are in the ortho position; a colorless, liquid,
combustible hydrocarbon resembling benzene.
[1913 Webster]Xylene \Xy"lene\, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.)
Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the
aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named
because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily,
inflammable liquids, C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes,
and are called respectively orthoxylene, metaxylene, and
paraxylene. Called also xylol.
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Note: Each of these xylenes is the nucleus and prototype of a
distinct series of compounds.
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Paraxylene
(gcide) | Paraxylene \Par`a*xy"lene\, n. (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon (C6H4(CH3)2) of the aromatic series obtained
as a colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with
zinc chloride. It is one of the three metamers of xylene. Cf.
Metamer, and Xylene.
[1913 Webster]Xylene \Xy"lene\, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.)
Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the
aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named
because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily,
inflammable liquids, C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes,
and are called respectively orthoxylene, metaxylene, and
paraxylene. Called also xylol.
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Note: Each of these xylenes is the nucleus and prototype of a
distinct series of compounds.
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paraxylene
(gcide) | Paraxylene \Par`a*xy"lene\, n. (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon (C6H4(CH3)2) of the aromatic series obtained
as a colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with
zinc chloride. It is one of the three metamers of xylene. Cf.
Metamer, and Xylene.
[1913 Webster]Xylene \Xy"lene\, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.)
Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the
aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named
because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily,
inflammable liquids, C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes,
and are called respectively orthoxylene, metaxylene, and
paraxylene. Called also xylol.
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Note: Each of these xylenes is the nucleus and prototype of a
distinct series of compounds.
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Xanthoxylene
(gcide) | Xanthoxylene \Xan*thox"y*lene\, n. [See Xanthoxylum.] (Chem.)
A liquid hydrocarbon of the terpene series extracted from the
seeds of a Japanese prickly ash (Xanthoxylum pipertium) as
an aromatic oil.
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xylene
(wn) | xylene
n 1: a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a
solvent [syn: xylene, xylol] |
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