Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless organic liquid, C9H8, obtained from coal tar and used in preparing synthetic resins.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless viscid liquid, , found in coal-tar oil. It boils at 179.5–180.5° C.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry The
bicyclic hydrocarbon consisting of abenzene ring fused to one ofcyclopentadiene .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[ind(ole) + –ene.]
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