English Explanatory Dictionary

orthoxylene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents bonded to adjacent carbon atoms in the aromatic ring (the ortho configuration).

Word forms

orthoxylene orthoxylenes ortho-xylene

Etymology

From ortho- + xylene.

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