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Webster 1913 Edition


Hexane

Hex′ane

,
Noun.
[Gr.
ἕξ
six.]
(Chem.)
Any one of five hydrocarbons,
C6H14
, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms.

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Hexane

Hexane

See also: hexane

German

Noun

Hexane n

  1. plural of Hexan

hexane

hexane

See also: Hexane

English

Noun

hexane (countable and uncountable, plural hexanes)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of five isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons, C6H14. They are colorless, volatile liquids.

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Noun

hexane m (plural hexanes)

  1. (organic chemistry) hexane