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fluorene
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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- A crystalline tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon obtained from coal tar and used as a precursor for dyes, pigments, and pharmaceuticals.
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Origin
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mid 19th century; earliest use found in American Journal of Science. From fluoro- + -ene, after French fluorène, named for the violet fluorescence of its crystals
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