"phenylene" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: phenylenes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} phenylene (plural phenylenes)
  1. (chemistry) Any of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals derived from benzene by removing two hydrogen atoms from the ortho-, meta- or para- positions. Categories (topical): Chemistry Derived forms: phenylenediamine, phenylene blue, phenylene brown, polyphenylene, poly(p-phenylene vinylene) Translations (aromatic radical): fenilè [masculine] (Catalan), fenyleeni (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-phenylene-en-noun-iq-23csW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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