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churchane

churchane noun: a polycyclic alkane with the chemical formula C₁₁H₁₂.

Noun

churchane (uncountable)

  1. A polycyclic alkane with the chemical formula C₁₁H₁₂.

Origin of churchane

From church + -ane, named for the molecule's resemblance to a church.

Questions about churchane

What does churchane mean?
Churchane means a polycyclic alkane with the chemical formula C₁₁H₁₂.
What part of speech is churchane?
Churchane is a noun.

Words near churchane in the dictionary

  1. Church-Turing thesis
  2. church-yard
  3. church-yards
  4. churchal
  5. Churcham
  6. churchane
  7. churchanity
  8. churchbell
  9. churchbells
  10. churchdom
  11. churchdoms

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