Phenanthroline

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phenanthroline \Phe*nan"thro*line\, n. [Phenanthrene +
     quinoline.] (Chem.)
     Either of two metameric nitrogenous hydrocarbon bases,
     {C12H8N2}, analogous to phenanthridine, but more highly
     nitrogenized.
     [1913 Webster]