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Meaning of "furan" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FURAN

Shortened form of furfuran, from furfur.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FURAN

furan  [ˈfjʊəræn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FURAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Furan 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 FURAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Furan

Furan is a heterocyclic organic compound, consisting of a five-membered aromatic ring with four carbon atoms and one oxygen. The class of compounds containing such rings are also referred to as furans. Furan is a colorless, flammable, highly volatile liquid with a boiling point close to room temperature. It is soluble in common organic solvents, including alcohol, ether and acetone, but is slightly soluble in water. It is toxic and may be carcinogenic. Furan is used as a starting point to other specialty chemicals.

Definition of furan in the English dictionary

The definition of furan in the dictionary is a colourless flammable toxic liquid heterocyclic compound, used in the manufacture of cotton textiles and in the synthesis of nylon. Formula: C4H4O Also called: furfuran.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FURAN


benzofuran
ˌbɛnzəʊˈfjʊəræn
bran
bræn
catamaran
ˌkætəməˈræn
cran
kræn
dibenzofuran
daɪˌbɛnzəʊˈfjʊəræn
FORTRAN
ˈfɔːtræn
gran
ɡræn
nitrofuran
ˌnaɪtrəʊˈfjʊəræn
Oran
əˈræn
overran
ˌəʊvəˈræn
pyran
ˈpaɪræn
ran
ræn
reran
ˌriːˈræn
saran
səˈræn
scran
skræn
shoran
ˈʃɔːræn
tetrahydrofuran
ˌtɛtrəˌhaɪdrəˈfjʊəræn
thiofuran
ˌθaɪəʊˈfjʊəræn
trimaran
ˈtraɪməˌræn
Wran
ræn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FURAN

fur coat
fur seal
Fur Seal Islands
fur trade
fur.
furacious
furaciousness
furacity
fural
furaldehyde
furanose
furanoside
furazolidone
furbearer
furbelow
furbish
furbisher
furca
furcae
furcal

WORDS THAT END LIKE FURAN

anuran
Aran
brachyuran
buran
curran
furfuran
Honduran
Iran
Karan
Koran
Lutheran
macruran
Saharan
Salvadoran
sub-Saharan
Tehran
thysanuran
varan
veteran
xiphosuran

Synonyms and antonyms of furan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «furan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FURAN

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

Translator English - Chinese

呋喃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

furano
570 millions of speakers

English

furan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

furan
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفوران
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фуран
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

furano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফুরান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

furane
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Furan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Furan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フラン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

퓨란
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Furan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

furan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

furan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फेरन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

furan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

furano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

-furan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фуран
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

furan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φουράνιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

furanen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

furan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

furan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of furan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FURAN»

The term «furan» is regularly used and occupies the 71.332 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FURAN» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FURAN»

Discover the use of furan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to furan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Metal Casting: A Sand Casting Manual for the Small Foundry
FURAN BINDERS: Furan no-bake binders are used for both molds and cores. Furan sands have excellent flowability and develop high strengths allowing you to mold parts that would otherwise be too difficult or impossible to cast in green ...
Steve Chastain, 2004
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Essentials of Organic Chemistry: For Students of Pharmacy, ...
Box 11.4 (continued) H2NOC H2NOC H2NOC CONH 2 porphyrin ring system corrin ring system O OH O O PO HO N N HO NH O vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) N HN N NH NH N N N N N N N H Co+ CN CONH 2 CONH 2 11.5.2 Furan and ...
Paul M. Dewick, 2006
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Heterocyclic Chemistry
Nitration: Nitration of furan is achieved with mild nitrating agents87 such as acetyl nitrate (a mixture of acetic anhydride and nitric acid) at - 5 to - 30°C to yield 2- nitrofuran. The reaction proceeds largely by an addition- elimination mechanism.
Raj K. Bansal, 1999
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Organic Chemistry
Furan Pyrrole Thiophene In furan and thiophene, one lone electron pair overlaps with the n system, and the other lone pair is in the plane of the ring, perpendicular to the aromatic sextet. With pyrrole, the N— H bond is in the plane of the ring ...
J. William Suggs, 2002
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Review of Organic Functional Groups: Introduction to ...
Common: Furan Tetrahydrofuran (THF) IUPAC: Oxole Oxolane H2N * Furosemide FIGURE 15-7. Five-membered oxygen containing heterocycles and examples of drugs containing these rings. oxygen as the 1 position and numbering the ring ...
Thomas L. Lemke, 2003
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Heterocyclic Chemistry
Furan itself is slightly soluble in water. It is readily available, and its commercial importance is mainly due to its role as the precursor of the very widely used solvent tetrahydrofuran (THF). Furan is produced by the gas-phase decarbonylation of ...
John A. Joule, Keith Mills, 2010
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Principles of Foundry Technology
Since the process of furan sand is expensive, it is generally restricted to core making, but it can also be used for moulds when good finish is essential. Moulds, especially large ones, can also be prepared in composite form, using furan sand for ...
P. L. Jain, 2003
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Organic Chemistry
25.3c Furan and Thiophene Also Undergo Facile Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions Among the group of heterocycles comprising furan, thiophene, and pyrrole, furan is the least "aromatic". From thermochemical measurements, the ...
Thomas N. Sorrell, 2006
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Chlorosulfonic Acid:
Furan 84 is a five-membered jr-excessive aromatic heterocycle containing one hetero oxygen atom. It is unstable in acids, forming tars, so like pyrrole (Chapter 6 , p 182) the substrate cannot be sulfonated by sulfuric or chlorosulfonic acid.
Richard James William Cremlyn, Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain), 2002
10
Name Reactions in Heterocyclic Chemistry
Jie Jack Li. Chapter 4 Furans 4.1 4.2 Feist-Bénary Furan Synthesis Paal-Knorr Furan Synthesis 159 160 168 4.1 Feist~Bénary Furan Synthesis 4.1.1. Description The Feist-Bénary furan synthesis Chapter 4. Furans 159 Chapter 4 Furans.
Jie Jack Li, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FURAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term furan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Princess Grif wins Prix de Bruxelles
... to the 9/10 favorite, Sweden-bred, Calvin Borel (5m Super Photo Kosmos-Ulrika Furan) with owner/trainer/driver Conrad Lugauer driving. «Harnesslink, Jul 15»
2
Furfural Market Anticipated To Be Worth $1200.9 Million by 2020 …
Increasing furan resins demand in foundry applications such as sand binders is expected to remain a key driving factor for this segment. Global ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
3
Dowladda Federaalka oo ku adkeysatay muranka badda in lagu …
Soomaaliya waxa ay rumeysan tahay wadahadal cad iyo iskaashiga ay la leedahay wadamada deriska ah, waxaana weli furan soojeedinnada ... «Horseed Media, Jul 15»
4
Next Generations Of Okhla May Be Genetically Defective!
The level of dioxin and furan emitted from Boiler Stack I was measured by the study team at 12.4 ng TEQ/Nm3 and from Stack II at 2.8 ng ... «CounterCurrents.org, Jul 15»
5
Sterilization Technologies Market – Global Industry Analysis and …
... metallic salts, biguanide, dyes, furan derivatives, and halogens. Aseptic storage is maintenance of sterility during transportation and storage, ... «Medgadget.com, Jun 15»
6
Highland star of Three Counties Show is Evesham two-year-old
Furan Froach 7th of Gilden Vale, born in February 2013, won the two year old Highland class and then went on to be breed champion following ... «Tewkesbury ADMAG, Jun 15»
7
World Adhesives Industry
... Polyurethane Adhesives, Natural Rubber based Adhesives, Protein based Adhesives, Furan Adhesives, Polyvinyl Chloride based Adhesives ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
8
Xinhua Insight: Belt and Road discussed at China-Asia expo
Li Furan, deputy manager of Tata's China subsidiary, said economic growth is robust in both China and India, providing mutual business ... «CCTV, Jun 15»
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Kalfadhigii 35-aad ee Baarlamaanka Puntland oo si rasmi ah u furmay
Ugu danbeyntii madaxweynaha Puntlandf ayaa si rasmi ah ugu dhawaaqey in kalfadhigii Baarlamaanka e 35-aad uu si rasmi ah u furan yahay ... «Horseed Media, Jun 15»
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Furfural market trends & forecast up to 2018 just published
... oat, wheat bran, and sawdust and used in the synthesis of furan as a solvent for refining lubricating oil, and as a fungicide and weed killer. «WhaTech, Jun 15»

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