Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An aromatic hydrocarbon, C9H12, occurring in petroleum and coal tar or synthesized from acetone and used as a solvent and synthetic intermediate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Trimethyl benzin, an oily, colorless liquid, C,eH3(CII3)3, obtained from acetone distilled with half its volume of fuming sulphuric acid. It is a constituent of coal-tar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A colorless, fragrant liquid, C6H3(CH3)3, of the benzene series of hydrocarbons, obtained by distilling acetone with sulphuric acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry The
aromatic hydrocarbon 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene that is present incoal tar andcrude oil ; it has some use as asolvent
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Words like mesitylene, alkybenzenes, piperine naphthalene, and pinacol coupling reaction the last not what it sounds like.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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Words like mesitylene, alkybenzenes, piperine naphthalene, and pinacol coupling reaction the last not what it sounds like.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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I believe that's the $65 / gallon test fuel made by blending pure isopentate with pure mesitylene that is being tested.
unknown title 2009
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Processing it into mesitylene and 2-methyl furan is gonna cost money.
unknown title 2009
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I don't believe they can economically make the blend shown in their patent, which is a mixture of ethyl acetate, 2-methyl furan, mesitylene, n-heptane and corn oil for $2 a gallon.
unknown title 2009
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| C_ {6} H_ {2} (CH_ {3}) _ {3} NO_ {2} Nitro-mesitylene.
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