Definitions
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- noun (Chem.) That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the two methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each other. It is a colorless inflammable liquid.
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- noun organic chemistry That variety of
xylene , or dimethyl benzene, in which the twomethyl groups occupy themeta position with reference to each other. It is a colourlessinflammable liquid.
Etymologies
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meta- + xylene
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Examples
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Besides a cymene and a toluene, which have already been shown to exist in rosin spirit, metaxylene was found to be present.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 Various
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Mixed xylenes have three major derivatives: Orthoxylene, used mainly in the production of phthalic anhydride; metaxylene, a component of isophthalic acid in the gasoline pool; and paraxylene, used primarily in the production of polyethylene terephthalate
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