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Definition of Cymene

1. Noun. Any of three isotopes of a colorless aromatic liquid hydrocarbon occurring in the volatile oil of cumin and thyme and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins.

Definition of Cymene

1. n. A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH₃. C₆H₄.C₃H₇, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also paracymene, and formerly camphogen.

Definition of Cymene

1. Noun. (chemistry) any of several isomeric naturally occurring terpenoid hydrocarbons; a constituent of a number of essential oils, most commonly the oil of cumin and thyme. ¹

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Definition of Cymene

1. a hydrocarbon [n -S] - See also: hydrocarbon

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Literary usage of Cymene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"Bromine and chlorine, in presence of water, unite with cymene directly and without evolution of ... Dry chlorine heats cymene, turns it brown and chars it. ..."

2. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"cymene.—When heated with iodine or with sulphuric acid some of the cyclic ... These hydrocarbons and their relationship to cymene are repesented by the ..."

3. Organic Chemistry for the Laboratory by William Albert Noyes (1911)
"Connect with a condenser, and heat in an oil-bath as long as cymene distils. Add to the cymene a little phosphorus pentoxide, and boil a short time with an ..."

4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1889)
"THE cymene GROUP. 2422 The following hydrocarbons of the general formula ... ^^"s cymene, which occurs in nature, is the member of this group with which ..."

5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"cymene is not attacked by strong sulphuric acid in the cold, but faming sulphuric acid dissolves it, ..."

6. Manual of Chemistry: A Guide to Lectures and Laboratory Work for Beginners by William Simon (1916)
"... oils of a few other plants; it has also been made synthetically; it is a liquid of a pleasant odor, boiling at 175° C. (347° F.). cymene is of special ..."

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