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Colourless vs Biphenyl - What's the difference?

colourless | biphenyl |

As a adjective colourless

is having little or no colour.

As a noun biphenyl is

(organic compound|uncountable) a colourless solid hydrocarbon, c12h10, consisting of two benzene rings linked together.

colourless

English

(wikipedia colourless)

Alternative forms

* colorless (American spelling)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having little or no colour.
  • (of a liquid) Water white.
  • Lacking in interest or variety.

    • See also

    * (Colorless green ideas sleep furiously) British English forms

    biphenyl

    English

    (wikipedia biphenyl)

    Noun

  • (organic compound, uncountable) A colourless solid hydrocarbon, C12H10, consisting of two benzene rings linked together
  • (organic compound, countable) Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs
    • halogenated biphenyls

    Synonyms

    * diphenyl * when used as a preservative * lemonene

    Derived terms

    * polychlorinated biphenyl * monochlorobiphenyl * dichlorobiphenyl * trichlorobiphenyl * tetrachlorobiphenyl * pentachlorobiphenyl * hexachlorobiphenyl * heptachlorobiphenyl * octachlorobiphenyl * nonachlorobiphenyl * decachlorobiphenyl