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

At a dance it was floor-scrubbing, filling the camphene lamps, and making up beds for the babies to be later deposited by their dancing mothers.

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

"To complete this room, and make it look like other people's we want a piano and camphene lamps."

From Choice Readings for the Home Circle by Anonymous

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 Young, Daniel

When are you going to get a camphene lamp?

From Choice Readings for the Home Circle by Anonymous

With the appearance of kerosene distilled from petroleum the camphene lamp came into use.

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Luckiesh, Matthew