camphene

American  

[kam-feen, kam-feen] / ˈkæm fin, kæmˈfin /

noun

1. a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble substance, C 10 H 16 , occurring in turpentine and many other essential oils, prepared from pinene: used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of synthetic camphor.

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camphene British  

/ ˈkæmfiːn /

noun

1. a colourless crystalline insoluble optically active terpene derived from pinene and present in many essential oils. Formula: C 10 H 16

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Etymology

Origin of camphene

1835–45; < New Latin camph ( ora ) camphor + -ene

Example Sentences

The chief constituents of the oil are: linalol, cineol, borneol, terpineol, geraniol, pinene, camphene and camphor.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.

The woman walked to where the bright camphene lamp hung, and stood under it.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 by Various

The chief constituents of the oil are geraniol, citronellal, linalol, borneol, methyl eugenol, camphene, limonene, and dipentene.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.

But the chief interest was centered in hundreds of balls of twine, soaked in camphene, which we lighted and threw rapidly from hand to hand all over the plaza.

From A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Murdock, Charles A. (Charles Albert)

When are you going to get a camphene lamp?

From Choice Readings for the Home Circle by Anonymous