phenanthrene

noun

phen·an·threne fə-ˈnan-ˌthrēn

: a crystalline tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon C₁₄H₁₀ of coal tar isomeric with anthracene

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International Scientific Vocabulary phen- + anthracene

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1873, in the meaning defined above

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