"styrene" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstaɪriːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-styrene.wav Forms: styrenes [plural]
Etymology: From Latin styrax (or storax) + -ene. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|styrax}} Latin styrax, {{af|en|-ene}} -ene Head templates: {{en-noun}} styrene (plural styrenes)
  1. (chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon; a colourless, oily liquid, used in the manufacture of polymers such as polystyrene. Categories (topical): Chemistry Synonyms: monovinylbenzene, styrene oxide, VB, vinylbenzene Derived forms: acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, dimethoxystyrene, methoxystyrene, nitrostyrene, pentafluorostyrene, polystyrene, styrene-butadiene-styrene, styrenyl Coordinate_terms: benzene, divinylbenzene, polyvinylbenzene, trivinylbenzene, vinyl Translations (hydrocarbon): estirè [masculine] (Catalan), vinilbenzè [masculine] (Catalan), styren [masculine] (Czech), styreeni (Finnish), スチレン (suchiren) (Japanese), styren [neuter] (Swedish), stiren (Turkish), סטיראָל (stirol) [masculine] (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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