adamantan

adamantan

See also: Adamantan

Polish

Etymology

From adamant +‎ -an. First attested in 1958.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.daˈman.tan/

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• Rhymes: -antan
• Syllabification: a‧da‧man‧tan

Noun

adamantan m inan

1. (organic chemistry) adamantane (a polycyclic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₁₆, having a cagelike structure similar to a portion of the diamond lattice; any of its derivatives)

Declension

Declension of adamantan

	singular	plural
nominative	adamantan	adamantany
genitive	adamantanu	adamantanów
dative	adamantanowi	adamantanom
accusative	adamantan	adamantany
instrumental	adamantanem	adamantanami
locative	adamantanie	adamantanach
vocative	adamantanie	adamantany

Related terms

adjectives

• adamantowy
• adamantynowy

 

nouns

• adamant
• adamantyn

 

References

1. Wiadomości chemiczne‎, volume 12, 1958, page 621

Further reading

• adamantan in PWN's encyclopedia