'styrene' definitions:
Definition of 'styrene'
(from WordNet)
noun
A colorless oily liquid; the monomer for polystyrene [syn: styrene, cinnamene, phenylethylene, vinylbenzene]
Definition of 'styrene'
From: GCIDE
- Styrolene \Sty"ro*lene\, n. (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C8H8, obtained by the distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid, and by the condensation of acetylene, as a fragrant, aromatic, mobile liquid; -- called also phenyl ethylene, vinyl benzene, styrol, styrene, and cinnamene. [1913 Webster]