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Definition: EIKOSYLENE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Eikosylene" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Eikosylene \Ei*kos"y*lene\, noun. [from Greek expression e'i`kosi twenty acetylene.]. (references)

Definition: EIKOSYLENE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A liquid hydrocarbon, C20H38, of the acetylene series, obtained from brown coal.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "EIKOSYLENE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Eikosylene \Ei*kos"y*lene\, noun. [from Greek expression e'i`kosi twenty acetylene.]. (references)