styrene

See also: styrène

English

Etymology

Latin styrax (or storax) + -ene.

Noun

styrene (plural styrenes)

1. (chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon, vinyl-benzene; a colourless, oily liquid, used in the manufacture of polymers such as polystyrene.

Derived terms

• dimethoxystyrene
• methoxystyrene
• nitrostyrene
• pentafluorostyrene
• polystyrene
• styrene-butadiene-styrene
• styrenyl

 

Translations

the hydrocarbon vinyl-benzene

• Czech: styren m
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Anagrams

• sentery, yestern

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• styra

Noun

styrene n

1. definite plural of styre