adamantane
[ ad-uh-man-teyn ]
nounChemistry.
a white crystalline alicyclic hydrocarbon, C10H16, consisting of four fused cyclohexane rings, with the carbon atoms arranged as in the diamond lattice.
Origin of adamantane
1- Compare amantadine.
Words Nearby adamantane
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