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naphthenes

naphthenes is the plural of naphthene.

Meaning of naphthene

Noun

naphthene (plural naphthenes)

  1. Any cycloalkane (or alkyl derivative).

Questions about naphthenes

What is naphthenes the plural of?
Naphthenes is the plural of naphthene.

Words near naphthenes in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: naphthenes (page history and authors); naphthene (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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