Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless, oily, liquid hydrocarbon (C16H32) obtained from cetylic alcohol. Also called
cetylene .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.
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- noun organic chemistry An
oily hydrocarbon of theethylene series , obtained fromspermaceti .
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See cete.
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