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benzophenone
benzophenone [ bénzō fnōn ]


noun 
Definition:
 
colourless, sweet-smelling solid: a sweet-smelling colourless crystalline solid. Use: manufacture of perfumes, organic compounds. (C6H5)2CO
[Late 19th century. <benzo- + pheno- + -one]
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