"biphenyl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: biphenyls [plural]
Etymology: From bi- + phenyl. Etymology templates: {{prefix|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
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  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-UCMQFQ7R Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 51 49 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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