🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

ベンゼン

Pronunciation / Transliteration: benzen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
benzene/ˈbɛnziːn/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"ベンゼンは最も基本的な芳香族炭化水素の一つです。"

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As noun
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    A colorless, volatile, flammable liquid hydrocarbon that is a important industrial solvent and starting material for many organic compounds.

    "Benzene is commonly used in the manufacture of plastics, resins, and synthetic rubber."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the 19th century, derived from benzoin (a resin from the tree Styrax benzoin, from which benzoic acid was isolated) combined with the chemical suffix -ene.

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