'hexacosane' definitions:
Definition of 'hexacosane'
- Hexeikosane \Hex*ei"ko*sane\, n. [Hex- + eikosane.] (chem.)
A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; -- so called
because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon.
[Written also hexacosane.]
[1913 Webster]
