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[syn: styrene, cinnamene, phenylethylene, vinylbenzene]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cinnamene \Cin"na*mene\, n. [From Cinnamic.] (Chem.)
Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained
from cinnamic acid). See Styrene.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cinnamene
n 1: a colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene [syn:
styrene, cinnamene, phenylethylene, vinylbenzene]