'Hexadecane' definitions:

Definition of 'Hexadecane'

From: GCIDE

Hexadecane \Hex"a*dec`ane\, n. (Chem.) See Hecdecane. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'hexadecane'

From: GCIDE

Hecdecane \Hec"de*cane\, n. [Gr. ? six + ? ten.] (Chem.) A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane. [1913 Webster]

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