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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In organic chemistry, the bivalent radical CH3C6H3. It bears the same relation to toluene that phenylene does to benzene.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristic of certain toluene derivatives.
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- noun chemistry A
hydrocarbon radical , C6H4.(CH2)2, regarded as characteristic of certaintoluene derivatives .
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