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olympicene

/əʊˈlɪmpɪˌsiːn/US/oʊˈlɪmpɪˌsin/

olympicene noun: a pentacyclic aromatic hydrocarbon whose structure is in the form of the Olympic rings.

olympicene: a pentacyclic aromatic hydrocarbon whose structure is in the form of the Olympic rings
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Noun

olympicene (uncountable)

  1. A pentacyclic aromatic hydrocarbon whose structure is in the form of the Olympic rings.

Origin of olympicene

From Olympic + -ene.

Questions about olympicene

What does olympicene mean?
Olympicene means a pentacyclic aromatic hydrocarbon whose structure is in the form of the Olympic rings.
What part of speech is olympicene?
Olympicene is a noun.
How do you pronounce olympicene?
Olympicene is pronounced /oʊˈlɪmpɪˌsin/ (US).

Words near olympicene in the dictionary

  1. Olympic village
  2. Olympic village effect
  3. Olympic villages
  4. Olympic Winter Games
  5. Olympically
  6. olympicene
  7. Olympicly
  8. Olympics
  9. Olympieion
  10. Olympion
  11. Olympism

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