Thi"o*phene (?), n. [Thio- + phenyl + -ene.] Chem.

A sulphur hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives.

 

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