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naphthylene

naphthylene noun: any arylene derived from naphthalene.

Noun

naphthylene (plural naphthylenes)

  1. Any arylene derived from naphthalene

Forms of naphthylene

pluralnaphthylenes

Words formed from naphthylene

Questions about naphthylene

What does naphthylene mean?
Naphthylene means any arylene derived from naphthalene.
What part of speech is naphthylene?
Naphthylene is a noun.
What is the plural of naphthylene?
The plural of naphthylene is naphthylenes.

Words near naphthylene in the dictionary

  1. naphthylamidases
  2. naphthylamide
  3. naphthylamides
  4. naphthylamine
  5. naphthylamines
  6. naphthylene
  7. naphthylenes
  8. naphthylisoquinoline
  9. naphthylisoquinolines
  10. naphthylisothiocyanate
  11. naphthylmethyl

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