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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless compound, C6H5CH:CHC6H5, prepared by the action of lead oxid on toluene vapor. It crystallizes in large monoclinic plates, melts at 124° C, and boils at 306–307° C. Also called

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

  • noun Same as stilbene.
  • noun Sometimes, but less properly, tolylene.

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  • noun chemistry stilbene
  • noun chemistry, proscribed tolylene

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