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Webster 1913 Edition

(k?′m?n)

Noun.

[From

(Chem.)

A colorless oily hydrocarbon,

C6H5.C3H7

, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; – called also

cumol

See also: cumène

cumene ‎(uncountable)

(organic chemistry) The aromatic hydrocarbon isopropyl benzene present in petroleum.

aromatic hydrocarbon