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Definition of Terpene
1. Noun. An unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants.
Definition of Terpene
1. n. Any one of a series of isomeric hydrocarbons of pleasant aromatic odor, occurring especially in coniferous plants and represented by oil of turpentine, but including also certain hydrocarbons found in some essential oils.
Definition of Terpene
1. Noun. (organic chemistry) A very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfume and food flavours, turpentine, the steroids, the carotene pigments and rubber. ¹
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Definition of Terpene
1. a chemical compound [n -S] : TERPENIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Terpene
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Terpene
Literary usage of Terpene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organic Chemistry: Or : Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1922)
"D. Sesqui-terpene and poly-terpene groups. To the hydrocarbons of each group ...
The terpene isolated from hop oil is also probably identical with myrcene ..."
2. Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry by Adolf Pinner (1882)
"The production of terephthalic acid and cymene proves that terpene contains the
benzene nucleus. By repeated distillations, as well as by treatment with ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"Lemon oil free from terpene. The manufacture of a concentrated, ie wholly or
partly terpene-free lemon oil is now carried on in Messina. ..."
4. The Varnishes of the Italian Violin-makers of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and by George Fry (1904)
"3 HE earliest observation of dichroism in terpene products which has come under
my notice is that of M. Berthelot, in 1853. It is to be regretted that he ..."
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