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styrene(dictionary)

nonagenarian (oh) and styrene (medicine)


nonagenarian (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Latin; Origin: nonagenarius 'containing ninety', from nonaginta 'ninety']
someone between 90 and 99 years old

styrene (medicine)


styrene


C6H5CH==CH2; phenylethylene;the monomer from which polystyrenes, plastics, and synthetic rubber are made; together with divinylbenzene (for cross-linking), it is the basis of many synthetic ion exchangers.

Synonym: cinnamene, ethenylbenzene, styrol, vinylbenzene.