retene

American

[ree-teen, ret-een] / ˈri tin, ˈrɛt in /

noun

Chemistry.

a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 1 8 H 1 8 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.

retene British

/ ˈriːtiːn, ˈrɛt- /

noun

a yellow crystalline hydrocarbon found in tar oils from pine wood and in certain fossil resins. Formula: C 18 H 18

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Etymology

Origin of retene

1865–70; < Greek rhēt ( ī́nē ) resin + -ene

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retene

Ethane, when heated to this degree, splits up into ethylene and hydrogen, whilst ethylene decomposes to methane and acetylene, and the acetylene at once polymerizes to benzene, styrolene, retene, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

You ask me how, with so much study, I manage to retene my health.

From Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge

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