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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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