Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrocarbon (C8H8) produced by the polymerization of acetylene, and from benzene and other hydrocarbons at high temperatures.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Styrene (which was formerly called
cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). Seestyrene .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry, dated
styrene
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene
Etymologies
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cinnamic + -ene, because derived from cinnamic acid.
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The first, which came over between 143° and 145°, and which amounted to 80 per cent. of the whole, consisted of pure cinnamene or styrolene (C_ H_ .
Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 Various
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