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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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(Chem.)

A hydrocarbon,

C14H12

, produced artificially in large, fine crystals; – called also

diphenyl ethylene

toluylene

, etc.

cis-stilbene.

See also: stilbène

stilbene ‎(plural stilbenes)

(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric hydrocarbons, diphenyl ethylene, but especially the trans isomer, used in the manufacture of dyes and many other compounds.

either isomer of 1,2-diphenylethylene

stilbene m ‎(plural stilbeni)