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Webster 1913 Edition
Anthracene
An′thra-cene
,Noun.
[Gr.
ἄνθραξ
coal.] (Chem.)
A solid hydrocarbon,
C6H4.C2H2.C6H4
, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. [Written also
anthracin
.]