Definitions for fluorene

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fluorene fluor·ene

Spelling: [floo r-een, -in, flawr-, flohr-]

IPA: /ˈflʊər in, -ɪn, ˈflɔr-, ˈfloʊr-/

Fluorene is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 182 anagrams from letters in fluorene (eeflnoru).

Definitions for fluorene

noun

1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 13 H 10 , used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and dyes.

Origin of fluorene

From French, dating back to 1880-85; See origin at fluor-, -ene

Examples for fluorene

It also acts as a chromogenic centre when double bonds or ethylenic linkages are present, as in fluorene ketone or fluorenone.