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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Containing fifteen atoms of carbon in the molecule.
  • A crystalline acid, C14H29.COOH, of the fatty series, which is made synthetically. It melts at 51° C. and is commonly called quindecylic acid.

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

  • adjective (Chem.) Same as quindecylic.

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