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noun
A vinylic polymer of styrene, CH2CHphenyl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
An alkane chain of benzene molecules, RCH2CHphenylR.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
a polymer of styrene; a rigid transparent thermoplastic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: styrene, cinnamene, phenylethylene, vinylbenzene
Narrower terms: Styrofoam
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax)der. Latin styrax French -ènebor. English -ene English styrene English polystyrene From poly- + styrene.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
