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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A solid hydrocarbon, C28H58, of the paraffin series. It occurs in paraffin obtained by distillation from petroleum and lignite. It melts at 60° C. and boils at 310–312° C. under 50 millimeters pressure.
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