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metaxylenes

metaxylenes is the plural of metaxylene.

Meaning of metaxylene

Noun

metaxylene (countable and uncountable, plural metaxylenes)

  1. That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the two methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each other. It is a colourless inflammable liquid.
    • The acid is decomposed by strong hydrochloric acid at 210°, yielding xylylic acid and metaxylene.1883, “Journal of the Chemical Society”, in Chemical Society, volume 44, Great Britain, page 589

Questions about metaxylenes

What is metaxylenes the plural of?
Metaxylenes is the plural of metaxylene.

Words near metaxylenes in the dictionary

  1. metaxy
  2. metaxyaceous
  3. metaxylem
  4. metaxylems
  5. metaxylene
  6. metaxylenes
  7. metaxylohydroquinone
  8. metaxylohydroquinones
  9. metayage
  10. metayer
  11. metayers

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