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PHENYLETHYLENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phenylethylene mean?
• PHENYLETHYLENE (noun)
The noun PHENYLETHYLENE has 1 sense:
1. a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene
Familiarity information: PHENYLETHYLENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
cinnamene; phenylethylene; styrene; vinylbenzene
Hypernyms ("phenylethylene" is a kind of...):
polyvinyl resin; vinyl polymer; vinyl resin (a thermoplastic derived by polymerization from compounds containing the vinyl group)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phenylethylene"):
polystyrene (a polymer of styrene; a rigid transparent thermoplastic)
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