NOUN | substance | styrene, cinnamene, phenylethylene, vinylbenzene | a colorless oily liquid / liquid |
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Sounds | stay'riy.n | |
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Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... |
Meaning | A colorless oily liquid / liquid; the monomer for polystyrene. | |
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Synonyms | cinnamene, phenylethylene, vinylbenzene | |
Narrower | polystyrene | A polymer of styrene |
Broader | vinyl polymer, vinyl resin, polyvinyl resin | A thermoplastic derived by polymerization from compounds containing the vinyl group |
Spanish | estireno, estiroleno, vinylbenzene | |
Catalan | estirè, vinylbenzene |
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