c6h4ch32

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c6h4ch32 - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Orthoxylene \Or`tho*xy"lene\, n. [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.
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  Paraxylene \Par`a*xy"lene\, n. (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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  Xylene \Xy"lene\, n. [Gr. xy`lon wood.] (Chem.)
     Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the
     aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named
     because found in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily,
     inflammable liquids, C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes,
     and are called respectively orthoxylene, metaxylene, and
     paraxylene. Called also xylol.
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     Note: Each of these xylenes is the nucleus and prototype of a
           distinct series of compounds.
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