n. 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.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. 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 colorless inflammable liquid.
Word Usage
"Besides a cymene and a toluene, which have already been shown to exist in rosin spirit, metaxylene was found to be present."