Word.ws English Dictionary

triphenylethylene

triphenylethylene noun: the triphenyl derivative of ethylene; any derivative of this compound, many of which act as nonsteroidal antiestrogens.

Noun

triphenylethylene (plural triphenylethylenes)

  1. The triphenyl derivative of ethylene; any derivative of this compound, many of which act as nonsteroidal antiestrogens

Forms of triphenylethylene

pluraltriphenylethylenes

Origin of triphenylethylene

From triphenyl + ethylene.

Questions about triphenylethylene

What does triphenylethylene mean?
Triphenylethylene means the triphenyl derivative of ethylene; any derivative of this compound, many of which act as nonsteroidal antiestrogens.
What part of speech is triphenylethylene?
Triphenylethylene is a noun.
What is the plural of triphenylethylene?
The plural of triphenylethylene is triphenylethylenes.

Words near triphenylethylene in the dictionary

  1. triphenylantimony
  2. triphenylcarbinol
  3. triphenylchlorosilane
  4. triphenylene
  5. triphenylenes
  6. triphenylethylene
  7. triphenylethylenes
  8. triphenylformazan
  9. triphenylguanidine
  10. triphenylmethane
  11. triphenylmethanes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: triphenylethylene (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “triphenylethylene.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/triphenylethylene. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.