'C23H48' definitions:

Definition of 'C23H48'

From: GCIDE

Trikosane \Tri"ko*sane\, n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. ? twenty.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; -- so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in the molecule. [1913 Webster]