An aromatic hydrocarbon molecule containing a benzene ring with two methyl side chains, formula C6H4(CH3)2. Xylene is an excellent solvent, especially for aromatic solids such as asphaltic materials. [..]

1851, from Greek xylon "wood" (see xylo-) + -ene.

a liquid hydrocarbon

noun. a volatile solvent which, whenever continually breathed in, can elicit kidney failure and death.

(n) a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent

Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry Xylene: Any of the three dimethylbenzene constitutional isomers. 1,2-Dimethylbenzene Ortho-xylene o-Xylene    1,3-Dimethylbenzene Meta-xylene m-Xylene    1,4- [..]

Xylene

The non-systematic name for dimethylbenzene, like so:

An aromatic hydrocarbon used as a common industrial solvent, also named dimethylbenzene; exists as 3 isomers: m-xylene, o-xylene, and p-xylene. Xylene is usually obtained from petroleum and natural ga [..]

An aromatic hydrocarbon molecule containing a benzene ring with two methyl side chains, formula C6H4(CH3)2. Xylene is an excellent solvent, especially for aromatic solids such as asphaltic materials. [..]

Xylene, a colourless liquid, is an aromatic hydrocarbon of which there are several forms. Xylenes are used as solvents, as components of aviation fuel, and as raw materials for the manufacture of dyes, fibres and films. Of the different forms of xylenes, paraxylene is commercially the most important. Visit the Aromatics Association website.

An aromatic hydrocarbon used in gasoline, paints, lacquers, pesticides, gums, resins and adhesives. It is toxic and flammable.

(chemistry) Any of a group of three isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, di-methyl-benzene, found in coal and wood tar. * '''2006''', Thomas Pynchon, ''Against the Day'', Vintage 2007, p. 262: *: [...] [..]