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Webster 1913 Edition

Phenanthroline

Phe-nan′thro-line

,

Noun.

[

Phenanthr

ene + quin

oline

.]

(Chem.)

Either of two metameric nitrogenous hydrocarbon bases,

C12H8N2

, analogous to phenanthridine, but more highly nitrogenized.