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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 22carbon atoms, but especially n-docosane CH3(CH2)20CH3
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