2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hexadecane \Hex"a*dec`ane\, n. (Chem.) See {Hecdecane}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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}. [1913 Webster]
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