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fluorene

fluorene noun: a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of two benzene rings joined together directly, and also via a methylene bridge; it is used in light-emitting diodes.

Noun

fluorene (plural fluorenes)

  1. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of two benzene rings joined together directly, and also via a methylene bridge; it is used in light-emitting diodes.

Forms of fluorene

pluralfluorenes

Origin of fluorene

By surface analysis, fluoro- (“fluorine”) + -ene.

Words formed from fluorene

Questions about fluorene

What does fluorene mean?
Fluorene means a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of two benzene rings joined together directly, and also via a methylene bridge; it is used in light-emitting diodes.
What part of speech is fluorene?
Fluorene is a noun.
What is the plural of fluorene?
The plural of fluorene is fluorenes.

Words near fluorene in the dictionary

  1. fluordeoxyglucose
  2. fluorellestadite
  3. fluorellestadites
  4. fluorenamine
  5. fluorenamines
  6. fluorene
  7. fluorenes
  8. fluorenol
  9. fluorenols
  10. fluorenone
  11. fluorenones

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