| 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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