Found 2 items, similar to xylene.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: xylene
xylene
n : a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a
solvent [syn:
xylol]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Xylene
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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