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cubane

cubane noun: one of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C₈H₈, having the carbon atoms placed at the vertices of a cube.

Noun

cubane (plural cubanes)

  1. One of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C₈H₈, having the carbon atoms placed at the vertices of a cube.

Forms of cubane

pluralcubanes

Origin of cubane

From cube + -ane.

Words formed from cubane

Questions about cubane

What does cubane mean?
Cubane means one of the Platonic hydrocarbons, C₈H₈, having the carbon atoms placed at the vertices of a cube.
What part of speech is cubane?
Cubane is a noun.
What is the plural of cubane?
The plural of cubane is cubanes.

Words near cubane in the dictionary

  1. Cuban warblers
  2. Cubana
  3. Cubanadian
  4. Cubanadians
  5. Cubanas
  6. cubane
  7. cubanelle
  8. cubanelles
  9. cubanes
  10. cubangular
  11. Cubanism

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