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tholins

tholins is the plural of tholin.

Meaning of tholin

Noun

tholin (plural tholins)

  1. Any of several poorly classified heteropolymers derived from simple hydrocarbons and ammonia formed by solar irradiation in the atmospheres of icy planets and moons.

Questions about tholins

What is tholins the plural of?
Tholins is the plural of tholin.

Words near tholins in the dictionary

  1. tholepins
  2. tholes
  3. tholi
  4. tholin
  5. tholing
  6. tholins
  7. tholloside
  8. thollosidic acid
  9. Tholm
  10. tholobate
  11. tholobates

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