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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as styrol.

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

  • noun (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C8H8, obtained by the distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by the condensation of acetylene, as a fragrant, aromatic, mobile liquid; -- called also phenyl ethylene, vinyl benzene, styrol, styrene, and cinnamene.

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  • noun organic chemistry, dated styrene

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