Hypertext Webster Gateway: "benzene"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Benzene \Ben"zene\, n. [From {Benzoin}.] (Chem.)
A volatile, very inflammable liquid, {C6H6}, contained in the
naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal,
from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The
name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial
product or benzole, and also, but rarely, to a similar mixed
product of petroleum.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
benzene
n : a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable;
carcinogenic [syn: {benzine}, {benzol}]
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