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octacontane

octacontane noun: any saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon that has 80 carbon atoms, but especially n-octacontane.

Noun

octacontane (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) Any saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon that has 80 carbon atoms, but especially n-octacontane

Origin of octacontane

From octa- + -cont- + -ane.

Questions about octacontane

What does octacontane mean?
Octacontane means any saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon that has 80 carbon atoms, but especially n-octacontane.
What part of speech is octacontane?
Octacontane is a noun.

Words near octacontane in the dictionary

  1. octachotomies
  2. octachotomy
  3. octacistronic
  4. octacontagon
  5. octacontagons
  6. octacontane
  7. octacoordinated
  8. octacopper
  9. octacore
  10. octacosadienoate
  11. octacosadienoates

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