fluorene

[ floor-een, -in, flawr-, flohr- ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 13 H 10 , used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and dyes.

fluorene

/ ˈflʊəriːn /

noun

1. a white insoluble crystalline solid used in making dyes. Formula: (C 6 H 4 ) 2 CH 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of fluorene¹

From French, dating back to 1880–85; fluor-, -ene

Example Sentences

It also acts as a chromogenic centre when double bonds or ethylenic linkages are present, as in fluorene ketone or fluorenone.

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