Pyrene
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A pale yellow polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with the formula C16H10, extracted from coal tar and used in chemistry research.
“Pyrene is used in biochemistry as a fluorescent probe due to its distinctive emission properties.”
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py·rene
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Ends in ENE and the PYR prefix appears across many chemistry and fire-related words
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