"biphenyl" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: biphenyls [plural]
Etymology: From bi- + phenyl. Etymology templates: {{af|en|bi-|phenyl}} bi- + phenyl Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} biphenyl (countable and uncountable, plural biphenyls)
  1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) A colourless solid hydrocarbon, C₁₂H₁₀, consisting of two benzene rings linked together by a single bond. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-biphenyl-en-noun-cSJVE11R Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English hybridisms, English terms prefixed with bi-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English hybridisms: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 68 32 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
  2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Organic compounds
    Sense id: en-biphenyl-en-noun-iBfFr72- Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 52 48 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: diphenyl, E230 when used as a preservative, lemonene Related terms: terphenyl Translations (organic compound): bifenil [masculine] (Catalan), 聯苯 (Chinese Mandarin), 联苯 (liánběn) (Chinese Mandarin), bifenyyli (Finnish), biphényle [masculine] (French), Biphenyl [neuter] (German), bifenil (Hungarian), bifenile [masculine] (Italian), ビフェニル (bifeniru) (Japanese), bifenyl [masculine] (Polish), bifenilo [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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