Xylenes (o-, m-, p- isomers)

English Tech/Engineering Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng

Dear everybody,
What does "o-, m-, p-" above refer to?

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Attila Piróth

France

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Selected

ortho, meta, para

Peer comment(s):

agree	Ken Cox : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arene_substitution_patterns 2 mins
	Or http://www.answers.com/topic/xylene
agree	Sabine Akabayov, PhD 5 mins
agree	Gillian Scheibelein : the relative positions of the substitutents on the ring 8 mins
agree	Nathalie Elson 10 mins

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks, Attila Piroth! A superfast answer!"