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from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or containing cetyl: as, cetylic. alcohol.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti.
- adjective (Chem.) a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; -- called also
cetyl alcohol .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete, organic chemistry Of, pertaining to, or derived from
spermaceti .
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