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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless ketone, (C13H27)2CO, prepared by the distillation of calcium myristate. It crystallizes in small plates melting at 76.3° C.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) The ketone of myristic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance.

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  • noun organic chemistry The ketone of myristic acid.

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myristic +‎ -one

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