graphene.
Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.
Meaning & usage
Any polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon having the structure of part of a layer of graphite.
An arbitrarily large-scale, one-atom-thick layer of graphite, an allotrope of carbon, that has remarkable electric characteristics.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -itebor. German -it German Graphitbor. English graph(ite) French -ènebor. English -ene English graphene From graph(ite) + -ene.
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