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hecdecane
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hecdecane, n. [Gr. six + ten.].
A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34 , of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane . [1913 Webster]
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