biphenyl

See also: Biphenyl

English

Etymology

bi- +‎ phenyl

Noun

biphenyl (countable and uncountable, plural biphenyls)

1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) A colourless solid hydrocarbon, C₁₂H₁₀, consisting of two benzene rings linked together by a single bond
2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs

   halogenated biphenyls

Synonyms

• diphenyl
• E230 when used as a preservative
• lemonene

Derived terms

• decachlorobiphenyl
• dichlorobiphenyl
• heptachlorobiphenyl
• hexachlorobiphenyl
• monochlorobiphenyl
• nonachlorobiphenyl
• octachlorobiphenyl
• pentachlorobiphenyl
• polybrominated biphenyl
• polychlorinated biphenyl
• tetrachlorobiphenyl
• trichlorobiphenyl

 

Related terms

• terphenyl

Translations

organic compound

• Catalan: bifenil m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聯苯／联苯 (liánběn)

• Finnish: bifenyyli
• French: biphényle (fr) m
• German: Biphenyl n
• Hungarian: bifenil (hu)
• Italian: bifenile m
• Japanese: ビフェニル (bifeniru)
• Polish: bifenyl (pl) m
• Spanish: bifenilo m