polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

English

fluoranthene

Noun

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (plural polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds composed of multiple aromatic rings, many of which are found in coal and in oil deposits, and are produced by the combustion of organic matter.

   Synonyms: (initialism) PAH, polyaromatic hydrocarbon

Translations

any of a class of organic compounds composed of multiple aromatic rings

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多環芳香烴／多环芳香烃

• French: hydrocarbure aromatique polycyclique (fr) m
• Hungarian: policiklusos aromás szénhidrogén

Further reading

• polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.