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Webster 1913 Edition
Phenylene
Phe′nyl-ene
,Noun.
(Chem.)
A hypothetic radical (
C6H4
) occurring in certain derivatives of benzene; as,
. phenylene
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phenylene
phenylene
See also: phénylène
English
Noun
phenylene (plural phenylenes)
- (chemistry) Any of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals derived from benzene by removing two hydrogen atoms from the ortho-, meta- or para- positions.
Derived terms
- phenylenediamine
- phenylene blue
- phenylene brown
- polyphenylene