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mothballs

English

Noun

mothballs

  1. plural of mothball

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naphthalene

English

Etymology

From naphtha +? -ene

Noun

naphthalene (usually uncountable, plural naphthalenes)

  1. A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
  2. (organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C10H8; an acene containing two fused benzene rings.

Hypernyms

(2-ring aromatic hydrocarbon):

  • acene

Coordinate terms

(2-ring aromatic hydrocarbon):

  • benzene (1-ring acene)
  • anthracene (3-ring acene)

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

  • naphthalene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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