DIOXANE


Meaning of DIOXANE in English

/duy ok"sayn/ , n. Chem.

a colorless, flammable, liquid cyclic ether, C 4 H 8 O 2 , having a faint, pleasant odor: used chiefly in the varnish and silk industries and as a dehydrator in histology.

[ 1910-15; DI- 1 + OX(Y)- 2 + -ANE ]

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