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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless compound, CH3(CH2)20CH3, found in paraffin from brown coal and prepared by the reduction of the chlorid C22H44Cl2. It melts at 44.4° C. and boils at 224.5° C. under 15 millimeters pressure.

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  • noun organic chemistry Any alkane having 22 carbon atoms, but especially n-docosane CH3(CH2)20CH3

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