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dihydrophenanthrene

dihydrophenanthrene noun: the dihydrogenated product of phenanthrene, 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene, that is formed during oil refining.

Noun

dihydrophenanthrene (countable and uncountable, plural dihydrophenanthrenes)

  1. The dihydrogenated product of phenanthrene, 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene, that is formed during oil refining

Forms of dihydrophenanthrene

pluraldihydrophenanthrenes

Origin of dihydrophenanthrene

From dihydro + phenanthrene.

Questions about dihydrophenanthrene

What does dihydrophenanthrene mean?
Dihydrophenanthrene means the dihydrogenated product of phenanthrene, 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene, that is formed during oil refining.
What part of speech is dihydrophenanthrene?
Dihydrophenanthrene is a noun.
What is the plural of dihydrophenanthrene?
The plural of dihydrophenanthrene is dihydrophenanthrenes.

Words near dihydrophenanthrene in the dictionary

  1. dihydroorotases
  2. dihydroorotate
  3. dihydroorotates
  4. dihydrooxazine
  5. dihydrooxazines
  6. dihydrophenanthrene
  7. dihydrophenanthrenes
  8. dihydrophenanthridine
  9. dihydrophenanthridines
  10. dihydrophenylisatin
  11. dihydropicolinate

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