Word.ws English Dictionary

hexadecane

hexadecane noun: any of the very many isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons of general formula C₁₆H₃₄.

Noun

hexadecane (plural hexadecanes)

  1. Any of the very many isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons of general formula C₁₆H₃₄

Forms of hexadecane

pluralhexadecanes

Origin of hexadecane

From hexadec- + -ane.

Words formed from hexadecane

Questions about hexadecane

What does hexadecane mean?
Hexadecane means any of the very many isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons of general formula C₁₆H₃₄.
What part of speech is hexadecane?
Hexadecane is a noun.
What is the plural of hexadecane?
The plural of hexadecane is hexadecanes.

Words near hexadecane in the dictionary

  1. hexadecameric
  2. hexadecamers
  3. hexadecanal
  4. hexadecanals
  5. hexadecanamide
  6. hexadecane
  7. hexadecanedioate
  8. hexadecanedioic acid
  9. hexadecanes
  10. hexadecanion
  11. hexadecanions

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hexadecane (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “hexadecane.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/hexadecane. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.