Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A crystalline compound, C18H18, derived from pine tar, fossil resins, and tar oils.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A crystalline hydrocarbon, C18H18, found in resinous woods and certain fossil gums and resins: also made by distilling rosin-oil with sulphur. It is 8-methyl-5-isopropylphenan-threne. It melts at 98.5° C. and boils at 390° C.
Wiktionary
- n. organic chemistry A hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene, that is extracted from pine tar and also found in certain fossil resins.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek for "pine resin". (Wiktionary)
- From Greek rhētīnē, resin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“On the other hand, the use of _retene_ (methylisopropylphenanthrene),”
“You ask me how, with so much study, I manage to retene my health.”
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