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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A general name applied in organic chemistry to the various dimethyl-thiophenes, (CH3)2C4H2S. They are all liquids and can be prepared synthetically.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Any one of three possible metameric substances, which are dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.
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- noun chemistry Any of three possible
metameric substances that aredimethyl derivatives ofthiophene , like thexylenes frombenzene .
Etymologies
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thiophene + xylene
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