cyanobiphenyl

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English

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Etymology

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From cyano- +‎ biphenyl.

Noun

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cyanobiphenyl (plural cyanobiphenyls)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric cyano- derivatives of biphenyl, but especially 4-cyanobiphenyl which is an element of several mesogenic materials