benzene : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: benzene	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for benzene
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
benzene n a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds Synonym(s): benzene, benzine, benzol
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.