Definitions for phenanthrene

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phenanthrene phe·nan·threne

Spelling: [fuh-nan-threen]

IPA: /fəˈnæn θrin/

Phenanthrene is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 369 anagrams from letters in phenanthrene (aeeehhnnnprt).

Definitions for phenanthrene

noun

1. a colorless, shiny, crystalline, water-insoluble isomer of anthracene, C 14 H 10 , derived from coal tar: used chiefly in dyestuffs and in the synthesis of drugs.

Origin of phenanthrene

1880-85; phen- + anthr- + -ene

Examples for phenanthrene

phenanthrene forms a quinone which has been utilized as a source of colouring-matters, but these are comparatively unimportant.

The next members are the isomers anthracene and phenanthrene, C14H10, formed from three benzene nuclei.