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cetene

cetene noun: an oily hydrocarbon of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.

Noun

cetene

  1. An oily hydrocarbon of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.

Origin of cetene

From Latin cētus (“whale”) + -ene

Questions about cetene

What does cetene mean?
Cetene means an oily hydrocarbon of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.
What part of speech is cetene?
Cetene is a noun.

Words near cetene in the dictionary

  1. cete
  2. ceteareth
  3. ceteareths
  4. cetearyl
  5. cetefloxacin
  6. cetene
  7. ceterach
  8. ceterachs
  9. ceteris paribus
  10. ceterone
  11. ceterones

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