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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Styrolene  \Sty"ro*lene\,  n.  (Chem.) 
  An  unsaturated  hydrocarbon,  {C8H8},  obtained  by  the 
  distillation  of  storax,  by  the  decomposition  of  cinnamic 
  acid,  and  by  the  condensation  of  acetylene,  as  a  fragrant, 
  aromatic,  mobile  liquid;  --  called  also  {phenyl  ethylene}, 
  {vinyl  benzene},  {styrol},  {styrene},  and  {cinnamene}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cinnamene  \Cin"na*mene\,  n.  [From  {Cinnamic}.]  (Chem.) 
  Styrene  (which  was  formerly  called  cinnamene  because  obtained 
  from  cinnamic  acid).  See  {Styrene}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  cinnamene 
  n  :  a  colorless  oily  liquid;  the  monomer  for  polystyrene  [syn:  {styrene}, 
  {phenylethylene},  {vinylbenzene}] 




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