'Tetradecane' definitions:

Definition of 'Tetradecane'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]