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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals derived from benzene by removing two hydrogen atoms from the ortho-, meta- or para- positions.

Related phrases

phenylene bluephenylene brownpoly(p-phenylene vinylene)

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