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Orthoxylene
Orˊtho-xy′lene
,Noun.
[
Ortho-
+ xylene
.] (Chem.)
That variety of xylene (
C6H4(CH3)2
) in which the two methyl groups are in the ortho position; a colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon resembling benzene. Definition 2024
orthoxylene
orthoxylene
English
Noun
orthoxylene (countable and uncountable, plural orthoxylenes)
- (organic chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents bonded to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring (the ortho configuration).