Pyrene Definition

pīrēn, pī-rēn
noun
The stone of an apple, pear, or other drupe that contains several seeds.
Webster's New World
A colorless hydrocarbon, C16H10, obtained from coal tar: its structure consists of the fusion of four benzene rings.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pyrene

Noun

Singular:
pyrene
Plural:
pyrenes

Origin of Pyrene

  • From Ancient Greek πυρήν (purÄ“n, “fruit stone").

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin pȳrēna from Greek purēn

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From pyr- +"Ž -ene.

    From Wiktionary

  • pyr(o)– –ene

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pyrene Sentence Examples

  • The crude solid product from the tar distillate is digested with carbon bisulphide to dissolve the pyrene, the solution filtered and the solvent evaporated.

  • By fusing two nuclei we obtain the formula of naphthalene, C 1 oH 8; by fusing three, the hydrocarbons anthracene and phenanthrene, C14H10; by fusing four, chrysene, C18H12, and possibly pyrene, C16H1n; by fusing five, picene, C22 H 14.

  • The hydrocarbons are separated from the "Stupp" by means of alcohol, the soluble portion on distillation giving first phenanthrene and then a mixture of pyrene and fluoranthene.

  • From the tar distillate, the chrysene can be fractionally precipitated, and the fluoranthene can be separated from most of the pyrene by fractional distillation in a partial vacuum.

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Words Starting With

PPYPYR

Words Ending With

ENEENE

Unscrambles

pyrene

Words Starting With P and Ending With E

Starts With P & Ends With EStarts With PY & Ends With EStarts With P & Ends With NE

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With P6 Letter Words Ending With E