colophene

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noun

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

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diterebene
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Meanings

nouncolophene (countable and uncountable, plural colophenes)

plural colophenes

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

    Synonyms: diterebene

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(chemistry) A colorless oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony (rosin), regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene.

Similar
diterebene

Origin

From colophony + -ene.

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APA

colophene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colophene

MLA

“colophene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colophene. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colophene,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colophene.

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