fluorene

[ floo r-een, -in, flawr-, flohr- ]
/ ˈflʊər in, -ɪn, ˈflɔr-, ˈfloʊr- /

noun Chemistry.

a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C13H10, used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and dyes.

Origin of fluorene

From French, dating back to 1880–85; see origin at fluor-, -ene

Words nearby fluorene

fluophosphate, fluophosphoric acid, fluor, fluor-, fluorapatite, fluorene, fluoresce, fluorescein, fluorescence, fluorescence-activated cell sorter, fluorescent

Example sentences from the Web for fluorene

British Dictionary definitions for fluorene

fluorene
/ (ˈflʊəriːn) /

noun

a white insoluble crystalline solid used in making dyes. Formula: (C 6 H 4) 2 CH 2