colophene
colophene · colophenes
A colorless oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony, regarded as a…(chemistry) A colorless oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony (rosin), regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, obsolete, uncountable)(chemistry) A colorless oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony (rosin), regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene.
Origin
From colophony + -ene.From colophony + -ene.
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Forms
plural: colophenes| Singular | colophene |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable