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    VINYLBENZENE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyreneplay

    Synonyms:

    cinnamene; phenylethylene; styrene; vinylbenzene

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("vinylbenzene" is a kind of...):

    polyvinyl resin; vinyl polymer; vinyl resin (a thermoplastic derived by polymerization from compounds containing the vinyl group)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vinylbenzene"):

    polystyrene (a polymer of styrene; a rigid transparent thermoplastic)

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