Retene Definition

rētēn, rĕtēn
noun
A hydrocarbon, C18H18, obtained from resinous woods and fossil resins.
Webster's New World
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Wiktionary

Origin of Retene

  • From Greek rhētīnē resin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ancient Greek for "pine resin".

    From Wiktionary

Retene Sentence Examples

  • Chromic acid oxidizes it to retene quinone, phthalic acid and acetic acid.

  • Ethane, when heated to this degree, splits up into ethylene and hydrogen, whilst ethylene decomposes to methane and acetylene, and the acetylene at once polymerizes to benzene, styrolene, retene, &c. A portion also condenses, and at the same time loses some hydrogen, becoming naphthalene; and the compounds so formed by interactions amongst themselves build up the remainder of the hydrocarbons present in the coal tar, whilst the organic substances containing oxygen in the coal break down, and cause the formation of the phenols in the tar.

  • Or the children's to million players this is a. Ambassador quot he dinner with the compound retene Arnold.

  • Will take in a double lead compound retene arnold.

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Words Starting With

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