See Also: ethenylbenzene(medicine)
blot(dictionary)
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blot(1) (iou)



blot noun1. LME.
[Prob. of Scandinavian origin; cf. Old Norse blettr (Icelandic blettur) blot, stain, Danish dial. blat spot, blot.]
A spot or stain of ink, mud, etc.; any black or dark patch; a blemish, a disfigurement. LME.
a blot on one's ESCUTCHEON.
N. Mitford It looked..like an ordinary ink blot. Listener Charabancs and monstrous hordes of hikers are blots upon the landscape.
b. spec. An obliteration by way of correction. E18.
a. A moral stain; a disgraceful act or quality in a good character; a defect. LME.
J. R. Green The execution of Wallace was the one blot on Edward's clemency.
b. Imputation of disgrace; defamation. L16.
c. A person who is in disgrace. colloq. E20.
Biology & Medicine. The distribution of proteins etc. on a medium on to which they have been blotted. L20.
Northern blot: see NORTHERN adjective. SOUTHERN BLOT. Western blot: see WESTERN adjective.
blotless adjective LME.
blotty adjective M19.

ethenylbenzene (medicine)


ethenylbenzene -->
styrene


C6H5CH==CH2; phenylethylene;the monomer from which polystyrenes, plastics, and synthetic rubber are made; together with divinylbenzene (for cross-linking), it is the basis of many synthetic ion exchangers.

Synonym: cinnamene, ethenylbenzene, styrol, vinylbenzene.