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mesitylene

 [mi-sit-l-een, mes-i-tl-]  

me·sit·y·lene

   [mi-sit-l-een, mes-i-tl-]
noun Chemistry.
a colorless, liquid, aromatic hydrocarbon, C9H12, occurring naturally in coal tar and prepared from acetone: used chiefly as a chemical intermediate.
Origin:
1830–40; mesityl (see mesityl oxide) + -ene
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a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis
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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mesitylene (mɪˈsɪtɪˌliːn, ˈmɛsɪtɪˌliːn)
 
—n
a colourless liquid that occurs in crude petroleum; 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene. Formula: C6H3(CH3)3
 
[C19: from mesityl, from mesite, from New Latin mesita, from Greek mesitēs mediator + -ene]

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