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| Noun | 1. A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Hecdecane" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Etymology:Hecdecane \Hec"de*cane\, noun. [Greek expression six ten.]. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HECDECANE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Hecdecane \Hec"de*cane\, noun. [Greek expression six ten.]. (references) |
