dodecabenzocoronene

noun

Synonym of circumcoronene.

Similar
circumcoroneneDBC
OriginEnglish coronene ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
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Meanings

noundodecabenzocoronene (plural dodecabenzocoronenes)

plural dodecabenzocoronenes

  1. Synonym of circumcoronene.

    Synonyms: circumcoronene, DBC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of circumcoronene.

Similar
circumcoroneneDBC
Also see
circumcoronene

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwoΗdeḱm̥
  2. Ancient Greekδώδεκᾰ (dṓdekă)
  3. Englishdodeca-
  4. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  7. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  8. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  9. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  10. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  11. Old Javanesejawa
  12. Old JavaneseJawi
  13. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  14. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  15. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  16. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  17. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  18. Catalanbenjuí
  19. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  20. Englishbenzoin
  21. Englishbenzo-
  22. Englishcoronene
  23. Englishdodecabenzocoronene

From dodeca- + benzo- + coronene. From having an additional 12 benzene rings fused to a coronene.

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APA

dodecabenzocoronene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodecabenzocoronene

MLA

“dodecabenzocoronene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodecabenzocoronene. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dodecabenzocoronene,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dodecabenzocoronene.

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