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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PHENANTHRENE

From pheno- + anthracene.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PHENANTHRENE

phenanthrene  [fɪˈnænθriːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHENANTHRENE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phenanthrene 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 PHENANTHRENE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phenanthrene

Phenanthrene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon composed of three fused benzene rings. The name phenanthrene is a composite of phenyl and anthracene. In its pure form, it is found in cigarette smoke and is a known irritant, photosensitizing skin to light. Phenanthrene appears as a white powder having blue fluorescence. The compound with a phenanthrene skeleton and nitrogens at the 4 and 5 positions is known as phenanthroline. Phenanthrene is the backbone of morphinan, which in turn is the backbone of a large number of psychoactive chemicals including antitussives, analgesics, and dissociative drugs.

Definition of phenanthrene in the English dictionary

The definition of phenanthrene in the dictionary is a colourless crystalline aromatic compound isomeric with anthracene: used in the manufacture of dyes, drugs, and explosives. Formula: C14H10.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHENANTHRENE


aquamarine
ˌækwəməˈriːn
chlorine
ˈklɔːriːn
evergreen
ˈɛvəˌɡriːn
figurine
ˌfɪɡəˈriːn
green
ɡriːn
Greene
ɡriːn
lime-green
ˌlaɪmˈɡriːn
marine
məˈriːn
neoprene
ˈniːəʊˌpriːn
on-screen
ˌɒnˈskriːn
screen
skriːn
serene
sɪˈriːn
submarine
ˈsʌbməˌriːn
sunscreen
ˈsʌnˌskriːn
tangerine
ˌtændʒəˈriːn
threne
θriːn
vitrine
ˈvɪtriːn
widescreen
ˈwaɪdˌskriːn
windscreen
ˈwɪndˌskriːn
wolverine
ˈwʊlvəˌriːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHENANTHRENE

phenacaine
phenacetin
phenacite
phenakism
phenakistoscope
phenakite
phenarsazine
phenarsazine chloride
phenate
phenazine
phencyclidine
phene
phenetic
pheneticist
phenetics
phenetidine
phenetole
phenformin
phengite
phengophobia

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHENANTHRENE

Adiprene
arene
buckminsterfullerene
chloroprene
Cyrene
fluorene
fullerene
gangrene
gas gangrene
Hippocrene
Irene
isoprene
Nazarene
polychloroprene
polyisoprene
polystyrene
pyrene
schizophrene
styrene
terrene

Synonyms and antonyms of phenanthrene in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phenanthrene» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHENANTHRENE

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

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fenantreno
570 millions of speakers

English

phenanthrene
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phenanthrene
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فينانثرين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фенантрена
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fenantreno
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phenanthrene
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phénanthrène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phenanthrene
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Phenanthren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フェナントレン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

페난 트렌
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phenanthrene
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phenanthrene
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phenanthrene
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅननथ्रीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fenantren
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fenantrene
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fenantreno
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фенантрена
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fenantren
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φαινανθρένιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phenanthrene
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fenantren
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fenantren
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phenanthrene

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHENANTHRENE»

The term «phenanthrene» is regularly used and occupies the 64.311 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHENANTHRENE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phenanthrene» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phenanthrene» 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 phenanthrene

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHENANTHRENE»

Discover the use of phenanthrene in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phenanthrene and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Molecular Analysis of Phenanthrene Degradation by Comamonas ...
Although the phenanthrene degradation genes of GZ38, GZ39, and AFK2 are nearly identical, this is the first report of functional information relating to these genes.
Karen Pesce, 2008
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Remediation of Petroleum Contaminated Soils: Biological, ...
Phenanthrene might be utilized only in the soluble form (aqueous solution), since the growth rates of bacteria are related to the solubilities of the hydrocarbons on which they are growing (Wodzinski and Johnson, 1968; Wodzinski and Coyle, ...
Eve Riser-Roberts, 1998
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Cyclopenta(a)phenanthrenes: Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds ...
with many polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which result from incomplete combustion of most carbonaceous materials, and that the great majority of these could also be considered as derived from phenanthrene. The coincidence in time  ...
Maurice M. Coombs, Tarlochan S. Bhatt, 1987
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CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds
... 4-Phenanthrenamine: 20365 9-Phenanthrenamine: 20366 2- Phenanthrenamine, #-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-: 20367 Phenanthrene: 20369 Phenanthrene-dlO: 20368 4-Pbenanthreneacetic acid: 20370 1- Phenanthreneacetic acid, 5.8-dimethyl-4- ...
David R. Lide, G.W.A. Milne, 1993
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Science of Synthesis: Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular ...
fi Phenanthrene-9,10-dione diimines, from oxidative cyclization of biphenyl-2,2¢- dicarbaldehyde bis(arylhydrazones) 785, 786 fi Phenanthrene-9,10-dione diimines, from oxidative intramolecular aryl–aryl coupling of benzyl diimines, metal ...
Carmen Avendano, Metin Balci, Daniel Bellus, 2014
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Aromatic Chemistry
12.4.1 Introduction Phenanthrene is best represented as a hybrid of the five canonical forms 20-24. It has a resonance energy of 380 kJ mol ' and is more stable than anthracene. In four of the five resonance structures, the 9.l0-bond is double ...
John D. Hepworth, David R. Waring, Michael J. Waring, 2002
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Soil Mineral -- Microbe-Organic Interactions: Theories and ...
(2000) attempted to isolate phenanthrene-degrading bacteria using different model sorbents of varying phenanthrene sorptive capacities in their enrichment system. These sorbents were Amberlite car- boxylic acid cation-exchange resin, ...
Qiaoyun Huang, Pan Ming Huang, Andrea Violante, 2008
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Creative Chemical Sensor Systems
The transfer occurs as a result of transition dipole– dipole interactions between the donor–acceptor pair [93]. The fluorescent sensor investigated, 25( phenanthrene-pyrene), had two phenylboronicacid groups, a hexamethylene linker and two ...
Thomas Schrader, 2007
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Groundwater Chemicals Desk Reference, Fourth Edition
Contaminated soil from a manufactured coal gas plant that had been exposed to crude oil was spiked with phenanthrene (400 mg/kg soil) to which Fenton's reagent (5 mL 2.8 M hydrogen peroxide; 5 mL 0.1 M ferrous sulfate) was added.
John H. Montgomery, 2007
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Cooper's Toxic Exposures Desk Reference with CD-ROM
PHENANTHRENE. (CUH10). ID Nos: CAS 85-01 -8; RTECS SF71 75000 Designation: Not classifiable as to human carcinogenicity; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) Confirmed human  ...
Andre R. Cooper, Sr., 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHENANTHRENE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phenanthrene is used in the context of the following news items.
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Forensic Evaluation by Experts at Vancouver Aquarium Confirms …
Specific hydrocarbons exceeding these guidelines included Naphthalene, Acenaphthylene, Acenaphthene, Fluorene, Phenanthrene, ... «Wire Service Canada, Jul 15»
2
Nova Scotia reviewing water use cuts; references to mill's role …
Removing a condition related to chemical phenanthrene sampling in groundwater, which is no longer required. Removing a condition related ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
3
A spirited defence: Extracting PAHs from liqour
The most abundant contaminant was phenanthrene which was particularly abundant in the whiskies with concentrations up to 879 ng/L. «separationsNOW.com, Jul 15»
4
2015 Winners Of The Bernd T. Matthias Prize Announced
Chen was recognized for his discovery of (Li,Fe)OHFe(Se,S), Ybx(Me)yHfNCl (Me= NH3 and THF) and doped phenanthrene, broadening the ... «Asian Scientist Magazine, Jun 15»
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Coal tar complexity: 2D GC and FTICR MS reveal thousands of …
The abundance ratios of different PAHs, such as those of phenanthrene to anthracenes, were consistent with those found in coal tar rather than ... «separationsNOW.com, May 15»
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Light-Emitting Metallacycles Put Themselves Together
... in which researchers coupled bis(ethynylpyridine)aniline ligands with a platinum phenanthrene complex to form rhombus-shaped rings. «The Biological SCENE, Mar 15»
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Los Gatos and Saratoga: More than four dozen student scientists go …
... Pseudomonas putida on the Germination of Lepidium sativum Grown in the Presence of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Phenanthrene «San Jose Mercury News, Mar 15»
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Legal action for steelworkers who suffered industrial diseases
... a large number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons including but not limited to: benzo(a)pyrene, benzanthracene, chrysene, phenanthrene, benzene, toluene, ... «The Northern Echo, Jan 15»
9
Tamoxifen metabolism: Micellar liquid chromatography
They were all converted to cyclic derivatives possessing a phenanthrene core structure by irradiation of the plasma samples under UV light. «separationsNOW.com, Jan 15»
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Evidence of successful brain surgery and ancient pharmaceutical …
Chemical examination revealed that these terracotta unguentarium had contained methanone, phenanthrene, and phenanthrene carboxylic ... «Ancient Origins, Dec 14»

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