TOLUENE


Meaning of TOLUENE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtäl-yə-ˌwēn ]

noun

Etymology: French toluène, from tolu balsam from the tropical American tree Myroxylon balsamum, from Spanish tolú, from Santiago de Tolú, Colombia

Date: 1855

: a liquid aromatic hydrocarbon C 7 H 8 that resembles benzene but is less volatile, flammable, and toxic and is used especially as a solvent, in organic synthesis, and as an antiknock agent for gasoline

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