The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
colophene — ˈkäləˌfēn noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary colophony + ene; originally formed as French colophène : an oily liquid that is a high boiling component of the mixture obtained by treating turpentine (sense 2) with sulfuric… … Useful english dictionary
colophene — col·o·phene … English syllables
diterebene — Colophene Co lo*phene (? or ?), n. (Chem.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also {diterebene}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Diterebene — Di*ter e*bene, n. [Pref. di + terebene.] (Chem.) See {Colophene} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Colophonian — 1. adjective /kɒləˈfəʊnɪən/ Of or pertaining to the Lydian city of Colophon.<ref name= OED /> We know that the Colophonian poet Xenophanes narrated the history of his native land, and that in a poem of two thousand lines he also set forth… … Wiktionary
