See Also: Xylene(medicine)
xylene(dictionary)
xylene cyanol FF(medicine)
xylene monooxygenase(medicine)

xylene (iou)



xylene noun. M19.
[from XYL(O- + -ENE.]
Chemistry. Each of three isomeric volatile liquid hydrocarbons with the formula C6H4(CH3)2, obtainable by distillation of wood, coal tar, and petroleum, and used in fuels, in solvents, and in chemical synthesis; dimethylbenzene. Also, a mixture of these. Also called xylol.
xylenol noun each of five solid toxic isomeric compounds having the formula C6H3(CH3)2OH (dimethylphenol); a mixture of these: L19.