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Etymology

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From thiophene and xylene.

Noun

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thioxene (plural thioxenes)

  1. (chemistry) Any of three possible metameric substances that are dimethyl derivatives of thiophene, like the xylenes from benzene.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for thioxene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)