dicyclopentadiene

noun

di·​cyclopentadiene

(¦)dī+

: a liquid tricyclic hydrocarbon C₁₀H₁₂ formed from cyclopentadiene on standing and yielding cyclopentadiene on boiling

Word History

Etymology

di- + cycl- + pentadiene

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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