different between arsine vs ursine

English

Noun

arsine (countable and uncountable, plural arsines)

1. (inorganic chemistry, uncountable) A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH₃, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic.
2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any organic derivative of this compound, or of diarsane, triarsane etc.

Synonyms

• arsane
• arsenic trihydride
• arseniuretted hydrogen
• arsenous hydride
• hydrogen arsenide

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• arsane
• arsonium
• arsorane

Further reading

• arsine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Neiras, Nerias, Raines, Resian, arisen, erasin, esiRNA, esirna, raines, sarnie

French

Noun

arsine f (plural arsines)

1. (inorganic chemistry) arsine

Italian

Noun

arsine f

1. plural of arsina

Anagrams

• arnesi, resina, senari, serina, sirena

English

Etymology

Mid 16th century, from Latin ursinus, adjectival form of ursus (“bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.sa?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???sa?n/, /???s?n/
• ,

Adjective

ursine (comparative more ursine, superlative most ursine)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears.
   • 1832, Godfrey Mundy, Pen and Pencil Sketches, Being the Journal of a Tour in India, London: John Murray, Vol. 1, Chapter VI, p. 320, [1]

     The British chief having undergone the ursine embrace of the Seikh monarch, the whole cavalcade proceeded towards the town.

   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 8, [2]

     […] the old man's eccentricities, sometimes bordering on the ursine, repelled the juniors […]

   • 2004, in Donald G. Lindburg and Karen Baragona (eds.), Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation, Berkeley: University of California Press, Part Two, Introduction, p. 77, [3]

     […] we noted that a preponderance of the evidence supports an ursine origin for the giant panda.

2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the bear subfamily Ursinae.
   • 2004, in Donald G. Lindburg and Karen Baragona (eds.), Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation, Berkeley: University of California Press, Part Two, Introduction, p. 37, [4]
3. (entomology, of caterpillars) Covered in stiff bristles.

Synonyms

• bearlike
• bearly

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

ursine (plural ursines)

1. (zoology) A bear.

Anagrams

• insure, inures, nursie, rusine, urines

Latin

Adjective

urs?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of urs?nus