a crystalline compound (C6H5)2, with a pleasant odor, used to preserve fruit, as a heat-transfer agent, etc.
diphenyl- in American English
(daɪˈfɛnəl; daɪˈfinəl)
containing two phenyl groups in each molecule
diphenyl in American English
(daiˈfenl, -ˈfinl)
noun
Chemistry
biphenyl
Word origin
[1860–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: big brother, institutionalism, jumping jack, monism, raider