Phenanthrene \Phe*nan"threne\, n. [Phenyl + antracene.] (Chem.) A complex hydrocarbon, {C14H10}, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence. Tolane \To*lane"\, n. [From {Toluene}.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, {C14H10}, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance; -- called also {diphenyl acetylene}.