Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A terpene, C10H16, found in a great, variety of volatile oils: it boils at 181° C. and is optically inactive. According to its origin, it has been called by a great variety of names.
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Examples
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Partly motivated by the huge impact of diapers on our landfills and water supplies (all that untreated sewage) and their potentially toxic chemicals (dyes, fragrances, toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, dipentene and super absorbency gels (SAP)), an increasing number of parents, healthcare providers, and authors are calling for a return to early toilet training.
Kirsten Dirksen: Who Decides When to Potty Train: You, Baby or Big Diapers? 2009
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The oil consists chiefly of geraniol, free, and combined with acetic and caproic acids, and dipentene.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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_Terebene_, a mixture of dipentene and other hydrocarbons prepared from turpentine oil by treatment with concentrated sulphuric acid, is used chiefly in medicated soaps.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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The chief constituents of the oil are anethol, fenchone, d-pinene, and dipentene.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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The oil contains a large amount of geraniol, together with di-hydrocumin alcohol, d-phellandrene, d-limonene, dipentene, and l-carvone.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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Among the constituents of this oil are: linalyl acetate, limonene, dipentene, linalol, and bergaptene.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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Environmental Health, found that disposable diapers release chemicals called volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and dipentene.
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Whereas the mineral spirit base of Gojo dries skin, the d-limonene (dipentene) citrus oil of
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