English Explanatory Dictionary

graphene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.
An arbitrarily large-scale, one-atom-thick layer of graphite, an allotrope of carbon, that has remarkable electric characteristics.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɹæf.iːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-graphene.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-graphene.wav

Word forms

graphene graphenes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -itebor. German -it German Graphitbor. English graph(ite) French -ènebor. English -ene English graphene From graph(ite) + -ene.

Related words

Derived words

antimonene arsenene borophene -ene fluorographene graphane graphene layer graphino multigraphene nanographene penta-graphene phagraphene silicene stanene

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