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naphthene

naphthene noun: any cycloalkane (or alkyl derivative).

Noun

naphthene (plural naphthenes)

  1. Any cycloalkane (or alkyl derivative).

naphthene meaning in Tamil and Persian

naphthene in Tamil

நத்தீன்

naphthene in Persian

cycloalkane
نفتن naften

Forms of naphthene

pluralnaphthenes

Origin of naphthene

From naphtha + -ene.

Words formed from naphthene

Questions about naphthene

What does naphthene mean?
Naphthene means any cycloalkane (or alkyl derivative).
What is naphthene in Tamil?
Naphthene in Tamil is நத்தீன். See Naphthene meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is naphthene?
Naphthene is a noun.
What is the plural of naphthene?
The plural of naphthene is naphthenes.

Words near naphthene in the dictionary

  1. naphthas
  2. naphthazarin
  3. naphthazarins
  4. naphthenate
  5. naphthenates
  6. naphthene
  7. naphthenes
  8. naphthenic
  9. naphthenic acid
  10. naphthenic acids
  11. naphthenoaromatic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: naphthene (page history and authors); naphthene (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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