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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless hydrocarbon, CH3(CH2)12CH3, of the methane series, prepared by the action of hydriodic acid and phosphorus on myristic acid. It melts at 5.5° C. and boils at 252.5° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A light oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas series; -- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any of very many
isomers of thealiphatic hydrocarbon having fourteencarbon atoms (C14H30) - noun A
petroleum fraction rich in such compounds
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