† terebilene Chem. Obs.
(ˈtɛrɪbɪliːn)
[Arbitrary from terebene.]
Name given 1839 by Soubeiran and Capitaine (Comptes Rendus IX. 654) to a liquid now regarded as a mixture of terpenes.
| 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. III. vii. §1. 440 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 925 Terebilene is a hydrocarbon obtained by distilling the liquid monohydrochlorate of turpentine-oil with quicklime or with potassium... It smells like terebene, and is optically inactive. |
Hence terebiˈlenic a., in terebilenic acid, C7H8O4, crystallizing in small prisms or needles, or in trimetric forms. So tereˈbilic a., synonym of terebic: see quot. 1868 s.v.
| 1894 Morley & Muir Watts' Dict. Chem. IV. 657/2 Terebilenic Acid. |