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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless unstable liquid, CH3.C C(CH2)2CH3, which boils at 83–84° C. It is prepared from hexylene bromide and is homologous with acetylene. Also called methyl normal propylacetylene.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the acetylene series, obtained artificially as a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid; -- called also hexoylene.

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  • noun organic chemistry A hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the acetylene series; hexoylene.

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