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fenestrane

fenestrane noun: any hydrocarbon consisting of a central carbon atom connected with single bonds to four other carbon atoms each of which is connected to two of the others by a chain of carbon atoms; any derivative of such a compound.

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Noun

fenestrane (plural fenestranes)

  1. Any hydrocarbon consisting of a central carbon atom connected with single bonds to four other carbon atoms each of which is connected to two of the others by a chain of carbon atoms; any derivative of such a compound.

Forms of fenestrane

pluralfenestranes

Origin of fenestrane

From Latin fenestra (“window”) + -ane, from the apparent similarity of the structure to a windowpane.

Questions about fenestrane

What does fenestrane mean?
Fenestrane means any hydrocarbon consisting of a central carbon atom connected with single bonds to four other carbon atoms each of which is connected to two of the others by a chain of carbon atoms; any derivative of such a compound.
What part of speech is fenestrane?
Fenestrane is a noun.
What is the plural of fenestrane?
The plural of fenestrane is fenestranes.

Words near fenestrane in the dictionary

  1. fenestra ovalis
  2. fenestra rotunda
  3. fenestrae
  4. fenestral
  5. fenestrals
  6. fenestrane
  7. fenestranes
  8. fenestras
  9. fenestrate
  10. fenestrated
  11. fenestrately

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