meta-dichlorobenzene

[met-uh-dahy-klawr-uh-ben-zeen, -ben-zeen, -klohr-]

noun Chemistry.

a colorless liquid, C6H4Cl2, soluble in alcohol and ether: used as a fumigant and insecticide.

Compare dichlorobenzene.

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