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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] twelve.]

(Chem.)

Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons,

C12H26

, of the paraffin series.

See also: dodécane

dodecane ‎(plural dodecanes)

(organic chemistry) Any of very many isomers of the alkane having twelve carbon atoms, but especially n-dodecane that is used as a solvent and is present in Diesel fuel.

organic compound