Meanings
noundecahydronaphthalene (countable and uncountable, plural decahydronaphthalenes)
plural decahydronaphthalenes
- countableuncountablechemistryA bicyclic cycloalkane consisting of two fused cyclohexane rings; it is used as an industrial solvent.
Synonyms: decalin
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA bicyclic cycloalkane consisting of two fused cyclohexane rings; it is used as an industrial solvent.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥
- Proto-Hellenic*dékə
- Ancient Greekδέκᾰ (dékă)
- Ancient Greekδεκάς (dekás)
- Late Latindecas
- Frenchdéca-
- Englishdeca-
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- Englishhydro-
- Akkadiannapṭumbor.?
- Old Persian*naftah
- Ancient Greekνάφθα (náphtha)
- Latinnaphtha
- Englishnaphth(a)
- Englishnaphthalene
- Englishdecahydronaphthalene
From deca- + hydro- + naphthalene.
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