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Paraxylene

Par`a*xy"lene\, n. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series obtained as a colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with zinc chloride. It is one of the three metamers of xylene. Cf. Metamer, and Xylene.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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