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Colophene

Co′lo-phene

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,
Noun.
(Chem.)
A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also
diterebene
.

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colophene

colophene

English

Noun

colophene (countable and uncountable, plural colophenes)

  1. (chemistry) A colourless oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony, and regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene.

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