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ethylbenzene

ethylbenzene noun: the hydrocarbon C₆H₅-CH₂CH₃ that is used in the production of styrene.

Noun

ethylbenzene (countable and uncountable, plural ethylbenzenes)

  1. The hydrocarbon C₆H₅-CH₂CH₃ that is used in the production of styrene

Forms of ethylbenzene

pluralethylbenzenes

Origin of ethylbenzene

From ethyl + benzene.

Words formed from ethylbenzene

Questions about ethylbenzene

What does ethylbenzene mean?
Ethylbenzene means the hydrocarbon C₆H₅-CH₂CH₃ that is used in the production of styrene.
What part of speech is ethylbenzene?
Ethylbenzene is a noun.
What is the plural of ethylbenzene?
The plural of ethylbenzene is ethylbenzenes.

Words near ethylbenzene in the dictionary

  1. ethylated
  2. ethylates
  3. ethylating
  4. ethylation
  5. ethylations
  6. ethylbenzene
  7. ethylbenzenehydroperoxide
  8. ethylbenzenes
  9. ethylbenzothiazoline
  10. ethylbenzothiazolines
  11. ethylbenzoylecgonine

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