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nonanaphthene

nonanaphthene noun: any napthene with 9 carbon atoms.

Noun

nonanaphthene (countable and uncountable, plural nonanaphthenes)

  1. Any napthene with 9 carbon atoms.
    • The isolated nonanaphthene belongs to a general class of saturated monocyclic petroleum hydrocarbons, called naphthenes […]1934, United States. National Bureau of Standards, Technical News Bulletin, volumes 201-224, page 122
    • The range of the refractive indices for the half-degree fractions indicated the presence of nonanaphthenes and isononanes.1937, Universal Oil Products Company. Research Laboratories, Library Bulletin of Abstracts, volumes 12-13, page 195

Forms of nonanaphthene

pluralnonanaphthenes

Origin of nonanaphthene

From nona- + naphthene.

Questions about nonanaphthene

What does nonanaphthene mean?
Nonanaphthene means any napthene with 9 carbon atoms.
What part of speech is nonanaphthene?
Nonanaphthene is a noun.
What is the plural of nonanaphthene?
The plural of nonanaphthene is nonanaphthenes.

Words near nonanaphthene in the dictionary

  1. nonanalytical
  2. nonanalyticity
  3. nonanalyzable
  4. nonanalyzed
  5. nonanaphoric
  6. nonanaphthene
  7. nonanaphthenes
  8. nonanaphylactic
  9. nonanaplastic
  10. nonanarchist
  11. nonanarchists

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