(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:57:41

Phe*nan"threne (?), n. [Phenyl + antracene.] Chem.

A complex hydrocarbon, C14H10, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence.

 

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