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retene

[ ree-teen, ret-een ]

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 1 8 H 1 8 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.


retene

/ ˈriËtiËn; ˈrÉ›t- /

noun

  1. a yellow crystalline hydrocarbon found in tar oils from pine wood and in certain fossil resins. Formula: C 18 H 18
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of retene1

1865–70; < Greek °ù³óŧ³Ù ( ī̲Ôŧ ) resin + -ene
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of retene1

C19: from Greek °ù³óŧ³ÙinÄ“ resin
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Avant-garde spelled “murraya†correctly to win the competition, after conquering words such as “retene,†“ancistroid†and “depreter†over multiple rounds.

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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.

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You ask me how, with so much study, I manage to retene my health.

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