Hecdecane \Hec"de*cane\, n. [Gr. ? six + ? ten.] (Chem.)
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}.
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