styrene

See also: styrène

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax)der.

Latin styrax

French -ènebor.

English -ene

English styrene

From Latin styrax (or storax) + -ene.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaɪriːn/

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Noun

styrene (plural styrenes)

1. (chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon; a colourless, oily liquid, used in the manufacture of polymers such as polystyrene.
   • 1996 February 4, Julia Campbell, “Ray McIntire, 77, Dow Engineer And the Inventor Of Styrofoam”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     He combined styrene with isobutylene, a volatile liquid, under pressure.

Synonyms

• monovinylbenzene
• styrene oxide
• VB
• vinylbenzene

Coordinate terms

• benzene
• divinylbenzene
• polyvinylbenzene
• trivinylbenzene
• vinyl

Derived terms

• acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
• colestyramine
• dimethoxystyrene
• methoxystyrene
• nitrostyrene
• pentafluorostyrene
• polystyrene
• styrene-butadiene-styrene
• styrenyl
• styryl

Translations

hydrocarbon

• Catalan: estirè m, vinilbenzè m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 苯乙烯 (zh) (běnyǐxī)

• Czech: styren m
• Finnish: styreeni (fi)
• French: styrène (fr) m, styrolène (fr) m
• Japanese: スチレン (ja) (suchiren)
• Swedish: styren (sv) n
• Turkish: stiren
• Yiddish: סטיראָל m (stirol)

Anagrams

• sentery, yestern

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• styra

Noun

styrene n

1. definite plural of styre