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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Another name for
undecane .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also
endecane ,undecane .
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- noun organic chemistry Any
saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon , C11H24, havingeleven carbon atoms.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek eleven, from the number of carbon atoms in each molecule.
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