Definitions for terpene

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terpene ter·pene

Spelling: [tur-peen]

IPA: /ˈtɜr pin/

Terpene is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in terpene (eeenprt).

Definitions for terpene

noun

1. (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
2. this class or any of its oxygenated derivatives, any hydrocarbon from the same source having the formula C 5 H 8(hemiterpene) the formula C 10 H 16 with an aliphatic structure (acyclic terpene) or two-ringed structure (bicyclic terpene) the formula C 15 H 24(sesquiterpene) etc., and any of their oxygenated derivatives.

Origin of terpene

1865-70; alteration of terebene, with p from turpentine

Examples for terpene

They are usually present in the plant oil in mixtures with each other or with a terpene.

It has not yet been converted again into terpene, but the connection is sufficiently proved.

Chemically, the camphors may be divided into two main groups, according to the nature of the corresponding hydrocarbon or terpene.

The terpene from American turpentine is called austraterebenthene.

The principal constituents of the oil are a terpene, asarol alcohol, another alcohol, and methyl eugenol.

Hence it is a hydrocarbon of the terpene series, having the general formula CnH2n-4.