xylene – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
xylene
n.
chemical substance
Xylene
xylene
Noun
1. a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent
(synonym) xylol
(hypernym) solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent
xylène
nm.
xylene, chemical substance
Xylene
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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