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biphenyl

[bahy-fen-l, -feen-l]

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noun Chemistry.

a water-insoluble, pleasant-smelling, colorless powder or white scales, C₁₂H₁₀, composed of two phenyl groups, from which benzidine dyes are derived: used chiefly as a heat-transfer agent and in organic synthesis.

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Also called diphenyl, phenylbenzene.

Origin:
1920–25; bi-¹ + phenyl

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a colorless, toxic, water-soluble gas having a suffocating odor, used chiefly as a disinfectant and preservative, contained in resins and plastics

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biphenyl (baɪˈfɛn^əl, -ˈfiː-)

—n
1.	a white or colourless crystalline solid used as a heat-transfer agent, as a fungicide, as an antifungal food preservative (E230) on the skins of citrus fruit, and in the manufacture of dyes, etc. Formula: C₆H₅C₆H₅
2.	any substituted derivative of biphenyl

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biphenyl bi·phen·yl (bī-fěn'əl, -fē'nəl)
n.
A colorless crystalline aromatic hydrocarbon used in fungicides and in organic synthesis. Also called diphenyl.

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biphenyl

an aromatic hydrocarbon, used alone or with diphenyl ether as a heat-transfer fluid; chemical formula, C6H5C6H5. It may be isolated from coal tar; in the United States, it is manufactured on a large scale by the thermal dehydrogenation of benzene.

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