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Toluene

noun
1.
A colorless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar; used as a solvent for gums and lacquers and in high-octane fuels.  Synonym: methylbenzene.





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... stated, minimum thermometers and mercury sling thermometers were wanting. For the first six months only toluene sling thermometers were used. Sling thermometers are short, narrow glass thermometers, with a strong loop at the top; before being read they are briskly swung round at the end of a string about half a yard long, or in a ...
— The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 • Roald Amundsen


Words linked to "Toluene" :   dissolvent, solvent, resolvent, dissolver, alkylbenzene, dissolving agent


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