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Meaning of "anthracene" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ANTHRACENE

From anthrax + -ene.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTHRACENE

anthracene  [ˈænθrəˌsiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTHRACENE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anthracene is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ANTHRACENE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Anthracene

Anthracene is a solid polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon of formula C14H10, consisting of three fused benzene rings. It is a component of coal tar. Anthracene is used in the production of the red dye alizarin and other dyes. Anthracene is colorless but exhibits a blue fluorescence under ultraviolet light.

Definition of anthracene in the English dictionary

The definition of anthracene in the dictionary is a colourless tricyclic crystalline solid having a slight blue fluorescence, used in the manufacture of chemicals, esp diphenylamine and alizarin, and as crystals in scintillation counters. Formula: C6H42C6H4.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTHRACENE


adenosine
æˈdɛnəˌsiːn
Anthropocene
ænˈθrɒpəˌsiːn
arrasene
ˈærəˌsiːn
benzanthracene
benˈzænθrəˌsiːn
cyclazocine
saɪˈklæzəˌsiːn
damascene
ˈdæməˌsiːn
dryopithecine
ˌdraɪəʊˈpɪθəˌsiːn
ferrocene
ˈfɛrəʊˌsiːn
guanosine
ˈɡwɑːnəˌsiːn
Holocene
ˈhɒləˌsiːn
hyoscine
ˈhaɪəˌsiːn
kerosene
ˈkɛrəˌsiːn
kerosine
ˈkɛrəˌsiːn
Miocene
ˈmaɪəˌsiːn
Neocene
ˈniːəˌsiːn
nigrosine
ˈnɪɡrəˌsiːn
Oligocene
ˈɒlɪɡəʊˌsiːn
Pleistocene
ˈplaɪstəˌsiːn
spinacene
ˈspaɪnəˌsiːn
tyrosine
ˈtaɪrəˌsiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTHRACENE

anthozoic
anthraces
anthracic
anthracite
anthracitic
anthracnose
anthracoid
anthracosis
anthranilate
anthraquinone
anthrax
anthrop.
anthropic
anthropic principle
anthropical
anthropobiology
Anthropocene
anthropocentric
anthropocentrism
anthropogenesis

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTHRACENE

bedroom scene
crime scene
demoscene
Eocene
love scene
metallocene
nativity scene
Nicene
obscene
paleocene
Pliocene
scene
sex scene
the Anthropocene
the Eocene
the Holocene
the Miocene
the Oligocene
the Pleistocene
the Pliocene

Synonyms and antonyms of anthracene in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «anthracene» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTHRACENE

Find out the translation of anthracene to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of anthracene from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «anthracene» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antraceno
570 millions of speakers

English

anthracene
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एंथ्रासीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أنثراسين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

антрацен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antraceno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

anthracene
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

anthracène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Anthracene
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Anthracen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アントラセン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

안트라센
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anthracene
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chất hóa học rút từ than đá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அந்திரசீன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एन्थ्रेसीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

antrasen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antracene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

antracenu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

антрацен
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

antracen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανθρακενίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

antraciet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

antracen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

antracen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anthracene

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTHRACENE»

The term «anthracene» is regularly used and occupies the 97.686 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTHRACENE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «anthracene» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «anthracene» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anthracene

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTHRACENE»

Discover the use of anthracene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anthracene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Groundwater Chemicals Desk Reference, 3rd Edition
Catechol is the central metabolite in the bacterial degradation of anthracene. Intermediate by-products included 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid and salicylic acid ( Chapman, 1972). Anthracene was statically incubated in the dark at 25 °C with ...
John H. Montgomery, 2000
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Risk Management for Hazardous Chemicals
Using respiratory protection is less effective than the controls mentioned above, but is still advisable whenever working with or around anthracene. A self- contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) with full facepiece and pressure demand is the ...
Jeffrey Wayne Vincoli, 1996
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Groundwater Chemicals Desk Reference, Fourth Edition
The only degradation product identified was benzo[a]anthracene-7,12-dione ( Hinga and Pilson, 1987). Under aerobic conditions, Cunninghanella elegans degraded benzo[a]anthracene to 3,4-, 8,9-, and 10,11-dihydrols (Kobayashi and  ...
John H. Montgomery, 2007
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Environmental Bioremediation Technologies
Pseudomonas sp. and Sphingomonas yanoikuyae B1 initially oxidize anthracene in the 1,2 position to form (+)- (1R,2S)-cis-1,2-dihydroxy-1,2- dihydroanthracene which is subsequently converted into 1,2- dihydroxyanthracene that undergoes ...
S.N. Singh, R. D. Tripathi, 2007
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Biodegradation Technology Developments: Principles and Practice
Additionally, anthracene is used as a model substrate in studies of the environmental degradation of PAHs, since the ring structure of anthracene is also found in carcinogenic PAHs, such as benzo[a]pyrene and benzfa] anthracene ( Figure 1).
Robert L. Irvine, Subhas K. Sikdar, 1997
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Analytical Chemistry of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds
Milton Lee. Appendix 5 (Continued) Compounds Carcinogenic activity 8- Methylbenz[a]anthracene + + 9-Methylbenz[a]anthracene + + 10-Methylbenz[a] anthracene 0/ + 1 1-Methylbenz[a]anthracene O/ + l2-Methylbenz[a]anthracene + + l ...
Milton Lee, 2012
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Environmental Photochemistry
Dupont and coworkers have evaluated the soil-sorbed photolysis of a complicated mix of biorecalcitrant organic components of wood treating waste, including anthracene, fluorene and biphenyl [78]. Addition of methylene blue, riboflavin, ...
Pierre Boule, O. Hutzinger, 1999
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CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds
1 O-dibenzyl-: 1229 Anthracene, 9,10-dibromo-: 1253 9.10- Anthracenedicarbonitrile: 1254 9,10-Anthracenedicarbonitríle: 1254 9,10- Anthracenedicarboxaldehyde: 1255 1,2-Anthracenedicarboxylic acid, 9,10- dihydro- 9,10-dioxo-: 1257 1 ...
David R. Lide, G.W.A. Milne, 1993
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Kinetics and Mechanisms of Chemical Reactions
specific spectra of UV absorption, which are absent in homogeneous anthracene solutions in heptane, alcohol or chloroform. Quantitatively the process in LDPE proceeds at higher rate with formation of larger anthracene colloid particles ...
Gennadiĭ Efremovich Zaikov, Yuri Arsenovich Mikheev, 2005
10
The Chemical Components of Tobacco and Tobacco Smoke, Second ...
(2247a) (2479) (3003) (3365) (3966a) (4410c) (4410d) Acenaphthylene — _ X _ _ _ _ _ _ X Acenaphthylene, 1,2-dihydro- — — _ _ _ _ _ _ _ X Anthracene X X X — — X — X X X Anthracene, dimethyl-“ — — _ _ _ _ _ X [1] _ X [5] Anthracene, ...
Alan Rodgman, Thomas A. Perfetti, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTHRACENE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term anthracene is used in the context of the following news items.
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New report shares details about the 2-ethyl anthraquinone market …
Anthraquinone is produced by oxidation of anthracene, chromium is used as an oxidizing agent during the production of anthraquinone. «WhaTech, Jul 15»
2
Nanoplasmonic waveguides: towards applications in integrated …
The gates were fabricated through selective growth of 4,4′-bis-anthracene molecules on the ends of NWs. By controlling the polarisation of ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
3
Purely inorganic aromatic ion synthesised
... P2N3-, from an anthracene-based source of diphosphorus. The researchers were able to confirm the ions' aromatic character by analysing ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, May 15»
4
Organic molecules for efficient bendable displays and lighting
(b) Emission spectra of OLEDs with different concentrations of 9,10-bis[N,N-di-(p-tolyl)-amino]anthracene (TTPA). eV: Electronvolts. «SPIE Newsroom, May 15»
5
China Coal Tar Industry Report, 2014-2017
Main consumption markets of coal tar in China are deep-processed products (including phenol, anthracene, industrial naphthalene, coal tar ... «PR Newswire, May 15»
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FDA Warns 14 Sports Supplement Companies Of Illegal DMBA …
... cause skin and breast cancers in rodents (7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene) to study how cancers develop and can be prevented and treated. «Forbes, May 15»
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JRC research contributes to standardised methods
... and EN 16619:2015 Food analysis - Determination of benzo[a]pyrene, benz[a]anthracene, chrysene and benzo[b]fluoranthene in foodstuffs. «FoodQualityNews.com, May 15»
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How fluted pumpkin, other local vegetables prevent cancers
Anthracene glycosides were absent in all the samples. All the samples showed presence of anthocyanidins/chalcones with G. africanum ... «The Guardian Nigeria, May 15»
9
Research and Markets: China Coal Tar Industry Report 2015
Main consumption markets of coal tar in China are deep-processed products (including phenol, anthracene, industrial naphthalene, coal tar ... «Business Wire, Apr 15»
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Coal Tar Market 2017-2019 Forecasts for Global and Chinese …
Main consumption markets of coal tar in China are deep-processed products (including phenol, anthracene, industrial naphthalene, coal tar ... «PR Newswire UK, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Anthracene [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/anthracene>. Apr 2024 ».
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