biphenyl

See also Biphenyl

English

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Noun

biphenyl (countable and uncountable; plural biphenyls)

1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) A colourless solid hydrocarbon, C₁₂H₁₀, consisting of two benzene rings linked together
2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs

   halogenated biphenyls

Synonyms

• diphenyl
• E230 when used as a preservative
• lemonene

Derived terms

• polychlorinated biphenyl
• monochlorobiphenyl
• dichlorobiphenyl
• trichlorobiphenyl
• tetrachlorobiphenyl
• pentachlorobiphenyl
• hexachlorobiphenyl
• heptachlorobiphenyl
• octachlorobiphenyl
• nonachlorobiphenyl
• decachlorobiphenyl

Translations

organic compound

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聯苯 (cmn), 联苯 (cmn) (liánběn)

• Finnish: bifenyyli (fi)
• French: biphényle (fr) m

• German: Biphenyl (de) n
• Italian: bifenile (it) m
• Japanese: ビフェニル (ja) (bifeniru)
• Polish: bifenyl (pl) m
• Spanish: bifenilo (es) m