hexabenzocoronene

noun

A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in which six benzene rings are fused to the six available positions of a coronene ring

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OriginEnglish coronene ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
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Meanings

nounhexabenzocoronene (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in which six benzene rings are fused to the six available positions of a coronene ring
    1. abbreviationellipsisuncountablechemistryEllipsis of hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene.

Synonyms & antonyms

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HBC
Narrower
hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronenehexa-cata-hexabenzocoronene
Also see
hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
  2. Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
  3. Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
  4. Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
  5. Latinhexa-
  6. Englishhexa-
  7. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  10. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  11. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  12. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  13. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  14. Old Javanesejawa
  15. Old JavaneseJawi
  16. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  17. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  18. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  19. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  20. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  21. Catalanbenjuí
  22. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  23. Englishbenzoin
  24. Englishbenzo-
  25. Englishcoronene
  26. Englishhexabenzocoronene

From hexa- + benzo- + coronene. From having an additional 6 benzene rings fused to a coronene.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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