hexabenzocoronene en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- Arabic لُبَان (lubān) Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese -i Old Javanese Jawi Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der. Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy) Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor. Catalan benjuíder. Middle French benjoinder. English benzoin English benzo- English coronene English hexabenzocoronene From hexa- + benzo- + coronene. From having an additional 6 benzene rings fused to a coronene.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in which six benzene rings are fused to the six available positions of a coronene ring
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in which six benzene rings are fused to the six available positions of a coronene ring ▸ Ellipsis of hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene.
alt of hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene
Coordinates
benzene · DBC · circumcoronene · dodecabenzocoronene
Deriveds
hexa-cata-hexabenzocoronene · peri-HBC · hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene · HBC · cata-HBC
Hyponyms
hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene · hexa-cata-hexabenzocoronene