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noun
The unsaturated six-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, two oxygen atoms, and two double bonds (molecular formula C4H4O2); 1,2-dioxin and 1,4-dioxin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
The parent compound dibenzo-1,4-dioxin or dibenzo-p-dioxin (molecular formula C12H8O2), in which two benzene rings are connected through two oxygen atoms; dibenzodioxin, oxanthrene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
Any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
Any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides.
The compound 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD; molecular formula C12H4Cl4O2), a persistent organic pollutant of the environment which is generally produced as a byproduct of organic synthesis or when organic materials are burned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, specifically, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hydrocarbon
History
PIE word *dwóh1 From di- (prefix meaning ‘double; two’) + ox(ygen) + -in (suffix indicating a neutral chemical compound), a reference to the fact that the compound has two oxygen atoms.
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