eupione Chem.
(ˈjuːpɪəʊn)
Also 9 eupion.
[a. Gr. εὐπίων very fat, f. εὐ- (see eu-) + πίων fat; later assimilated to derivatives in -one.]
A volatile, oily liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, tar, etc.
| 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 701 Eupion is a colourless limpid liquid. c 1865 J. Wylde Circ. Sc. I. 420/2 Eupione is another product of wood-tar. 1873 Watts Fownes' Chem. 549 The liquid compounds of the paraffin series, known in commerce as paraffin oil, photogene, solar oil, eupione, etc. 1882 ― Dict. Chem. II. 608. |