Explore Biphenyl through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Biphenyl meaning
- A colourless solid hydrocarbon, C₁₂H₁₀, consisting of two benzene rings linked together by a single bond.
- Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs.
Using Biphenyl
- The main meaning on this page is: A colourless solid hydrocarbon, C₁₂H₁₀, consisting of two benzene rings linked together by a single bond. | Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs.
Context around Biphenyl
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Biphenyl
- In this selection, "biphenyl" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, polychlorinated, cyano, stilbene, pcb, skeleton and derivatives stand out and add context to how "biphenyl" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a polychlorinated biphenyl pcb was and in the biphenyl skeleton for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "biphenyl" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with biphenyl
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The total amount of released "hazardous air pollutants," most of which is biphenyl, was 4.8 tons. (17 words)
Aromatic atoms can be singly bonded to each other and biphenyl can be represented by c1ccccc1-c2ccccc2. (17 words)
A polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) was reported ( published in 2009 ) in air samples collected in Chicago, Philadelphia, the Arctic, and several sites around the Great Lakes. (25 words)
Prof Sir George William Gray developed LCD displays at Hull, when working for the MoD ( RRE ) in Malvern, developing it with the substance cyano-biphenyl in 1973; the VFD (a similar purpose) was invented in Japan in 1967. (38 words)
In general, the first two digits refer to the number of carbon atoms in the biphenyl skeleton (for PCBs this is 12); the second two numbers indicate the percentage of chlorine by mass in the mixture. (36 words)
The global OBA production for paper, textiles, and detergents is dominated by just a few di- and tetra-sulfonated triazole-stilbenes and a di-sulfonated stilbene-biphenyl derivatives. (28 words)
Example sentences (6)
The total amount of released "hazardous air pollutants," most of which is biphenyl, was 4.8 tons.
A polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) was reported ( published in 2009 ) in air samples collected in Chicago, Philadelphia, the Arctic, and several sites around the Great Lakes.
Aromatic atoms can be singly bonded to each other and biphenyl can be represented by c1ccccc1-c2ccccc2.
In general, the first two digits refer to the number of carbon atoms in the biphenyl skeleton (for PCBs this is 12); the second two numbers indicate the percentage of chlorine by mass in the mixture.
Prof Sir George William Gray developed LCD displays at Hull, when working for the MoD ( RRE ) in Malvern, developing it with the substance cyano-biphenyl in 1973; the VFD (a similar purpose) was invented in Japan in 1967.
The global OBA production for paper, textiles, and detergents is dominated by just a few di- and tetra-sulfonated triazole-stilbenes and a di-sulfonated stilbene-biphenyl derivatives.