"anthracene" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: anthracenes [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “coal”) + -ene. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἄνθραξ||coal}} Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “coal”), {{suffix|en||ene}} + -ene Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} anthracene (countable and uncountable, plural anthracenes)
  1. (organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (an acene containing three fused rings) obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of wood preservatives, insecticides and the dye alizarin; it is isomeric with phenanthrene. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Hypernyms: acene Derived forms: anthrapyrazole, benzanthracene, benzoanthracene, circumanthracene, diazaanthracene, haloanthracene, paranthracene, polyanthracene Related terms: anthracite Coordinate_terms: benzene (english: a 1-ring acene), naphthalene (english: a 2-ring acene) Translations (tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon): antracè [masculine] (Catalan), (jan¹) (Chinese Cantonese), (ēn) (Chinese Mandarin), antraseeni (Finnish), anthracène [masculine] (French), अंगारेन्य (aṅgārenya) (Hindi), antraicéin [feminine] (Irish), antracene [masculine] (Italian), アントラセン (antorasen) (Japanese), антрацен (antrasen) (Kazakh), 안트라센 (anteurasen) (Korean), अंगारेन्य (aṅgārenya) (Marathi), अंगारेन्य (aṅgārenya) (Nepali), آنتراسن (ântrâsen) (Persian), antracen [masculine] (Polish), antraceno [masculine] (Portuguese), антраце́н (antracén) [masculine] (Russian), antraceno [masculine] (Spanish)

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