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phenanthrene

phenanthrene noun: a tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of dyes, pharmaceuticals and explosives; it is isomeric with anthracene.

Noun

phenanthrene (countable and uncountable, plural phenanthrenes)

  1. A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of dyes, pharmaceuticals and explosives; it is isomeric with anthracene.

phenanthrene meaning in Tamil

phenanthrene in Tamil

பினந்திரீன்

Forms of phenanthrene

pluralphenanthrenes

Origin of phenanthrene

From phen(o)- + anthr(ac)ene.

Words formed from phenanthrene

Questions about phenanthrene

What does phenanthrene mean?
Phenanthrene means a tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of dyes, pharmaceuticals and explosives; it is isomeric with anthracene.
What is phenanthrene in Tamil?
Phenanthrene in Tamil is பினந்திரீன். See Phenanthrene meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is phenanthrene?
Phenanthrene is a noun.
What is the plural of phenanthrene?
The plural of phenanthrene is phenanthrenes.

Words near phenanthrene in the dictionary

  1. phenalgine
  2. phenamazoline
  3. phenampromide
  4. phenanthraquinone
  5. phenanthraquinones
  6. phenanthrene
  7. phenanthrenemethanol
  8. phenanthrenequinone
  9. phenanthrenequinones
  10. phenanthrenes
  11. phenanthrenyl

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phenanthrene (page history and authors); phenanthrene (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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