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isocetane

isocetane noun: 2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethylnonane, a highly branched alkane used as a reference in determining the cetane number of diesel.

Noun

isocetane (uncountable)

  1. 2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethylnonane, a highly branched alkane used as a reference in determining the cetane number of diesel.

Origin of isocetane

From iso- + cetane.

Questions about isocetane

What does isocetane mean?
Isocetane means 2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethylnonane, a highly branched alkane used as a reference in determining the cetane number of diesel.
What part of speech is isocetane?
Isocetane is a noun.

Words near isocetane in the dictionary

  1. isocentrically
  2. isocephalic
  3. isocephalism
  4. isoceraunic
  5. isocercal
  6. isocetane
  7. isochar
  8. isocharge
  9. isocharges
  10. isochars
  11. isochasm

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