"metaxylene" meaning in All languages combined

See metaxylene on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: metaxylenes [plural]
Etymology: meta- + xylene Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|meta|xylene}} meta- + xylene Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} metaxylene (countable and uncountable, plural metaxylenes)
  1. (organic chemistry) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic chemistry

Inflected forms

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