hecdecane - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hecdecane' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hecdecane

[ n.]

- 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.

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hecatomb hecatompedon heck heckimal heckle hectare hectic hectocotyli hectocotylized hectocotylus

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