metallocene

[ muh-tal-uh-seen ]

nounChemistry.
  1. an organometallic coordination compound consisting of a metal bonded to one or two rings of cyclopentadiene.

Origin of metallocene

1
metallo- + -cene<Greek koinós shared (see ceno-2)

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British Dictionary definitions for metallocene

metallocene

/ (mɪˈtæləʊˌsiːn) /


noun
  1. chem any one of a class of organometallic sandwich compounds of the general formula M(C 5 H 5) 2, where M is a metal atom: See ferrocene

Origin of metallocene

1
C20: from metallo- + -cene, as in ferrocene

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