2. Same as Storax.

Sty"rol (?), n. [Styrax + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) See Styrolene.

Sty"ro*lene (?), n. (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C8H8, obtained

by the distillation of storax, by the decomposition of cinnamic acid,

and by the condensation of acetylene, as a fragrant, aromatic, mobile

liquid; -- called also phenyl ethylene, vinyl benzene, styrol, styrene,

and cinnamene.

Sty"rone (?), n. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance having a sweet

taste and a hyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of

styracin; -- properly called cinnamic, or styryl, alcohol.

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Sty"ryl (?), n. [Styrax + - yl.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical found

in certain derivatives of styrolene and cinnamic acid; -- called also

cinnyl, or cinnamyl.

Stythe (?), n. (Mining) Choke damp.

Styth"y (?), n. & v. See Stithy.

||Styx (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;.] (Class. Myth.) The principal river of

||the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of

||the dead.

Su`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. (Law) Liability to be sued; the state of being

subjected by law to civil process.

Su"a*ble (?), a. (Law) Capable of being sued; subject by law to be

called to answer in court. Story.

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