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styrene |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Styrolene \Sty"ro*lene\, n. (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, {C8H8}, obtained by the distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by the condensation of acetylene, as a fragrant, aromatic, mobile liquid; -- called also {phenyl ethylene}, {vinyl benzene}, {styrol}, {styrene}, and {cinnamene}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: styrene n : a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene [syn: {cinnamene}, {phenylethylene}, {vinylbenzene}]
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