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phenalenone

phenalenone noun: a tricyclic aromatic ketone having a carbonyl group in the cyclohexene ring of phenalene.

Noun

phenalenone (countable and uncountable, plural phenalenones)

  1. A tricyclic aromatic ketone having a carbonyl group in the cyclohexene ring of phenalene

Forms of phenalenone

pluralphenalenones

Questions about phenalenone

What does phenalenone mean?
Phenalenone means a tricyclic aromatic ketone having a carbonyl group in the cyclohexene ring of phenalene.
What part of speech is phenalenone?
Phenalenone is a noun.
What is the plural of phenalenone?
The plural of phenalenone is phenalenones.

Words near phenalenone in the dictionary

  1. phenakistoscopic
  2. phenakite
  3. phenakites
  4. phenalene
  5. phenalenes
  6. phenalenone
  7. phenalenones
  8. phenalgin
  9. phenalgine
  10. phenamazoline
  11. phenampromide

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