Associations to the word «Naphthalene»

Wiktionary

NAPHTHALENE, noun. A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
NAPHTHALENE, noun. (organic compound) An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C10H8; an acene containing two fused benzene rings.

Dictionary definition

NAPHTHALENE, noun. A white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs.

Wise words

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery