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

Mrs. Salsify in the parlor below kept wishing her visitors would go, for she had never seen the wicks in the camphene lamps of so surprising a length.

From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton

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

From Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization by Matthew Luckiesh

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 Charles A. (Charles Albert) Murdock

"These are very pretty lamps—I never can see by a camphene lamp," said her husband.

From Choice Readings for the Home Circle by Anonymous

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