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Xylene

Xylene Meaning & Definition
Xylene Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Xylene?

[n] a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent

Synonyms | Synonyms for Xylene: xylol

Related Terms | Find terms related to Xylene:

See Also | dissolvent | dissolver | dissolving agent | resolvent | solvent

Xylene In Webster's Dictionary

\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}. Note: Each of these xylenes is the nucleus and prototype of a distinct series of compounds.

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