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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless compound, C6H5CH:CHC6H5, prepared by the action of lead oxid on toluene vapor. It crystallizes in large monoclinic plates, melts at 124° C, and boils at 306–307° C. Also called
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
stilbene . - noun Sometimes, but less properly, tolylene.
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- noun chemistry
stilbene - noun chemistry, proscribed
tolylene
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Glauber's salt, then diazotise and develop with toluylene diamine.
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