Definitions For Anthracene

Noun

ANTHRACENE. (countable and uncountable, plural ANTHRACENEs) (organic compound) 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.

Hypernyms

acene

Coordinate terms

benzene (a 1-ring acene) naphthalene (a 2-ring acene)

Derived terms

circumanthracene

Translations

Chinese: : Cantonese: 蒽 (jan1) : Mandarin: 蒽, tr=ēn Finnish: antraseeni French: anthracène, m Hindi: अंगारेन्य Irish: antraicéin, f Italian: antracene, m Japanese: アントラセン (antorasen) Kazakh: антрацен Korean: 안트라센 Marathi: अंगारेन्य Nepali: अंगारेन्य Persian: آنتراسن (ântrâsen) Portuguese: antraceno, m Russian: антраце́н, m Spanish: antraceno, m

Etymology

from (ancient greek)  ἄνθραξ + + coal + ene.

See also

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Is Anthracene a Scrabble Word?

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The word Anthracene is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

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