"Paraxylene" is a word in ENGLISH
A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series obtained as a
colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with zinc chloride. It
is one of the three metamers of xylene. Cf. Metamer, and Xylene.
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Aunt Bessie loved to visit her nieces and nephews. However, she had relatives all over the country.The problem was that no matter how much she enjoyed seeing them, she hated flying. No matter how safe people told her it was, she was always worried that someone would have a bomb on the plane. She read books about how safe it was and listened to the stewardess demonstrate all the safety features. But she still worried herself silly every time a visit was coming up. Finally, the family decided that maybe if she saw the statistics she'd be convinced. So they sent her to a friend of the family who was an actuary. "Tell me," she said suspiciously, "what are the chances that someone will have a bomb on a plane?" The actuary looked through his tables and said, "A very small chance. Maybe one in five hundred thousand." She nodded, then thought for a moment. "So what are the o dds of two people having a bomb on the same plane?" Again he went through his tables. "Extremely remote," he said. "About one in a billion." Aunt Bessie nodded and left his office. And from that day on, every time she flew, she took a bomb with her.
A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H4, homologous with acetylene; propine.
Read the complete definitionA hydrocarbon radical, C5H11, of the paraffine series found in amyl alcohol or fusel oil, etc.
Read the complete definitionOne of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene …
Read the complete definitionA solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use …
Read the complete definitionA hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2O2.C6H4, subliming in shining yellow needles. It is obtained by oxidation of anthracene.
Read the complete definitionNow especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. …
Read the complete definitionA liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent …
Read the complete definitionBy extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and …
Read the complete definitionAn inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.
Read the complete definitionAny one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable.
Read the complete definitionAn inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.
Read the complete definitionAn isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor.
Read the complete definitionA hydrocarbon.
Read the complete definitionAn elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. …
Read the complete definitionTo combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.
Read the complete definitionAn apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to …
Read the complete definitionTo combine with carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of …
Read the complete definitionAn oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.
Read the complete definitionOne of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to naphthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, …
Read the complete definitionA thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for …
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