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from The Century Dictionary.

  • The term applied, in organic chemistry, to a formula which has been suggested for benzene. It purports to represent, the arrangement in space of the carbon and hydrogen atoms in the molecule, and shows one bond of each carbon atom to be directed toward a common center.

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