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Tetrakosane

Tet′ra-ko-saneˊ

,
Noun.
[
Tetra-
+ Gr. [GREEK] twenty.]
(Chem.)
A hydrocarbon,
C24H50
, resembling paraffin, and like it belonging to the marsh-gas series; – so called from having twenty-four atoms of carbon in the molecule.

Definition 2024


tetrakosane

tetrakosane

English

Noun

tetrakosane (plural tetrakosanes)

  1. Alternative spelling of tetracosane