Tolane

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tolane \To*lane"\, n. [From {Toluene}.] (Chem.)
     A hydrocarbon, {C14H10}, related both to the acetylene and
     the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white
     crystalline substance; -- called also {diphenyl acetylene}.
     [1913 Webster]