'Tetradecane' definitions:
Definition of 'Tetradecane'
- Tetradecane \Tet`ra*dec"ane\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ? ten.] (Chem.)
A light oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas series;
-- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
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