Benz
Karl, 1844–1929, German automotive engineer and manufacturer.
variant of benzo- before a vowel:
benzaldehyde.
Contemporary Examples
Charlie Sheen’s 12 Stupidest Moments The Daily Beast Video December 28, 2009
Historical Examples
Europe from a Motor Car Russell Richardson
Every-day Science: Volume VII. The Conquest of Time and Space Henry Smith Williams
Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants R. E. Mathot
Aviation Engines Victor Wilfred Pag
A History of Aeronautics E. Charles Vivian
Woman and Socialism August Bebel
Automobile Biographies Lyman Horace Weeks
The Princess Passes Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson
Automobile Biographies Lyman Horace Weeks
noun
Karl (Friedrich) (karl). 1844–1929, German engineer; designed and built the first car to be driven by an internal-combustion engine (1885)
Benzedrine (Drugs)
A Mercedes-Benz automobile
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- Benzal
containing the benzal group. the benzal group. Historical Examples Coal Raphael Meldola
- Benzal chloride
a colorless, oily liquid, C 7 H 6 Cl 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of benzaldehyde, and in the manufacture of dyes. Historical Examples Coal Raphael Meldola
- Benzal group
the bivalent group C 7 H 6 –, derived from benzaldehyde.
- Benzalacetone
benzylidene acetone.
- Benzaldehyde
a colorless or yellowish, water-soluble, volatile oil, C 7 H 6 O, having a bitter, almondlike odor, used chiefly in the organic synthesis of dyes, perfumes, and flavors, and as a solvent; artificial oil of bitter almond. Historical Examples The Chemistry of Plant Life Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher The Chemistry of Plant Life Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher […]