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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr.

ἕνδεκα

eleven.]

(Chem.)

A hydrocarbon,

C11H24

, of the paraffin series; – so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also

endecane

undecane

hendecane ‎(plural hendecanes)

(organic chemistry) Any saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₁₁H₂₄, having eleven carbon atoms.