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colophene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
colophene
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

(chemistry) A colorless oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony (rosin), regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From colophony + -ene.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

colophenes (plural)

Synonyms

diterebene

Questions

What does colophene mean?
(chemistry) A colorless oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony (rosin), regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene.
Where does colophene come from?
From colophony + -ene.

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