INDENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does indene mean? 

• INDENE (noun)
  The noun INDENE has 1 sense:

1. a colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins

  Familiarity information: INDENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless liquid hydrocarbon extracted from petroleum or coal tar and used in making synthetic resins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("indene" is a kind of...):

hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)

 Context examples 

Indene[1,2,3-cd]pyrene is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.

(Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

Indene[1,2,3-cd]pyrene is primarily found in certain foods, gasoline and diesel exhaust, cigarette smoke, coal tar and coal tar pitch, soot and petroleum asphalt.

(Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)