Definition of "metaxylene" []

• That variety of xylene, or dimethyl benzene, in which the two methyl groups occupy the meta position with reference to each other. It is a colourless inflammable liquid. (noun)

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• "Besides a cymene and a toluene, which have already been shown to exist in rosin spirit, metaxylene was found to be present."
• "Mixed xylenes have three major derivatives: Orthoxylene, used mainly in the production of phthalic anhydride; metaxylene, a component of isophthalic acid in the gasoline pool; and paraxylene, used primarily in the production of polyethylene terephthalate"