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di•ox•ane
Pronunciation: (dī-ok'sān), [key]—
n. Chem.
a colorless, flammable, liquid cyclic ether, C
4H
8O
2, having a faint, pleasant odor: used chiefly in the varnish and silk industries and as a dehydrator in histology.
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