Styrene

2 definitions found

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

  Styrolene \Sty"ro*lene\, n. (Chem.)
     An unsaturated hydrocarbon, {C8H8}, obtained by the
     distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic
     acid, and by the condensation of acetylene, as a fragrant,
     aromatic, mobile liquid; -- called also {phenyl ethylene},
     {vinyl benzene}, {styrol}, {styrene}, and {cinnamene}.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  styrene
       n : a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene [syn: {cinnamene},
            {phenylethylene}, {vinylbenzene}]