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

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Example Sentences

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camphene

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

Take 1 pint of camphene, and put into it all the india rubber it will dissolve, 1 pint currier's oil, 7 lbs. tallow, and 2 ozs. of lampblack; mix thoroughly by heat.

From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Daniel Young

When are you going to get a camphene lamp?

From Choice Readings for the Home Circle by Anonymous

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 Charles A. (Charles Albert) Murdock

A dangerous but very extensively used illuminating liquid before coal oil was discovered was camphene, distilled from turpentine.

From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle

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