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acenaphthylene

acenaphthylene noun: a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing an unsaturated five-membered ring ortho- and peri-fused to the 1- and 9- positions of naphthalene.

Noun

acenaphthylene (countable and uncountable, plural acenaphthylenes)

  1. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing an unsaturated five-membered ring ortho- and peri-fused to the 1- and 9- positions of naphthalene.

Forms of acenaphthylene

pluralacenaphthylenes

Questions about acenaphthylene

What does acenaphthylene mean?
Acenaphthylene means a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing an unsaturated five-membered ring ortho- and peri-fused to the 1- and 9- positions of naphthalene.
What part of speech is acenaphthylene?
Acenaphthylene is a noun.
What is the plural of acenaphthylene?
The plural of acenaphthylene is acenaphthylenes.

Words near acenaphthylene in the dictionary

  1. acenaphthenes
  2. acenaphthenyl
  3. acenaphthenyls
  4. acenaphthoquinone
  5. acenaphthoquinones
  6. acenaphthylene
  7. acenaphthylenes
  8. acene
  9. acenes
  10. aceness
  11. acenesthesia

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