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toluene

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Noun

HYPHEN

tol=u=ene

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun toluene has 1 sense

toluene(n = noun.substance) methylbenzene - a colorless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar; used as a solvent for gums and lacquers and in high-octane fuels; Array

is a kind of alkylbenzene, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent

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CIDE DICTIONARY

toluene, n. [Tolu + benzene.].

A hydrocarbon, C6H5.CH3, of the aromatic series, homologous with benzene, and obtained as a light mobile colorless liquid, by distilling tolu balsam, coal tar, etc.; -- called also methyl benzene, phenyl methane, etc. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

toluene, n. a colourless aromatic liquid hydrocarbon derivative of benzene, orig. obtained from tolu, used in the manufacture of explosives etc. Also called methyl benzene.

Derivative

toluic adj. toluol n.

Etymology

TOLU + -ENE

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