"phene" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfiːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phene.wav Forms: phenes [plural]
Etymology: Proposed 1836 by French scientist Auguste Laurent as an alternative name for benzene, from French phène, from Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “bring to light, cause to appear, show”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|phène}} French phène, {{der|en|grc|φαίνω||bring to light, cause to appear, show}} Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “bring to light, cause to appear, show”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} phene (usually uncountable, plural phenes)
  1. (chemistry, obsolete) Benzene. Tags: obsolete, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-phene-en-noun-jNFiFqok Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (genetics) A genetically determined phenotype. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Genetics Synonyms: character
    Sense id: en-phene-en-noun-qVy9YjFP Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: thiophene Related terms: -phane, phen-, pheno-, phenomenon, phenotype

Inflected forms

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