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trimethylbenzene

trimethylbenzene noun: any of three isomeric chemical compounds: 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene (pseudocumene), and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene (mesitylene).

Noun

trimethylbenzene (countable and uncountable, plural trimethylbenzenes)

  1. Any of three isomeric chemical compounds: 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene (pseudocumene), and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene (mesitylene).

Forms of trimethylbenzene

pluraltrimethylbenzenes

Origin of trimethylbenzene

From trimethyl + benzene.

Questions about trimethylbenzene

What does trimethylbenzene mean?
Trimethylbenzene means any of three isomeric chemical compounds: 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene (pseudocumene), and 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene (mesitylene).
What part of speech is trimethylbenzene?
Trimethylbenzene is a noun.
What is the plural of trimethylbenzene?
The plural of trimethylbenzene is trimethylbenzenes.

Words near trimethylbenzene in the dictionary

  1. trimethylated
  2. trimethylates
  3. trimethylating
  4. trimethylation
  5. trimethylations
  6. trimethylbenzene
  7. trimethylbenzenes
  8. trimethylbenzoyl
  9. trimethylbismuthine
  10. trimethylborate
  11. trimethylborates

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