English Explanatory Dictionary

anthracene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

anthracene anthracenes

Etymology

Borrowed from French anthracène, coined by its co-discoverer Auguste Laurent in 1837, from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “coal”) + -ene. By surface analysis, anthrac- + -ene.

Related words

anthracite

Derived words

anthrapyrazole benzanthracene benzoanthracene circumanthracene diazaanthracene haloanthracene paranthracene polyanthracene
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