Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Cetyl alcohol (C16H33OH), a substance separated from spermaceti by Chevreul, and named by him.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white waxy solid, C16H33.OH; -- called also
cetyl alcohol andcetylic alcohol . See Cetylic alcohol, undercetylic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry, dated
cetyl alcohol
Etymologies
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ether + alcohol: compare French -.
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Examples
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But the lure of L ethal Weapon 3 was too strong, and the ending was tweaked to include Riggs surviving to the tune of some cheerful quips.
Cinematical Elisabeth Rappe 2010
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The article quotes David Dow, a professor at the University of Houston Law Center, an opponent of the death penalty as sating that "[l] ethal injection became the preferred method, because of the notion that it is easy and painless."
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