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Webster 1913 Edition

Paraxylene

Parˊa-xy′lene

,
Noun.
(Chem.)
A hydrocarbon (
C6H4(CH3)2
) of the aromatic series obtained as a colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with zinc chloride. It is one of the three metamers of xylene. Cf.
Metamer
, and
Xylene
.

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