phane

noun
/feɪn/

Etymology

Generalized from the suffix in cyclophane. Ultimately from Ancient Greek -φανής (-phanḗs), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to shine”).

  1. derived from -φανής

Definitions

  1. Any of several substructures of a more complex molecule.

  2. Obsolete form of fane.

    • The idolatrous temples and phanes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for phane. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA