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tricosane

tricosane noun: any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having twenty-three carbon atoms, but especially n-tricosane CH₃(CH₂)₂₁CH₃.

Noun

tricosane (plural tricosanes)

  1. Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having twenty-three carbon atoms, but especially n-tricosane CH₃(CH₂)₂₁CH₃.

Forms of tricosane

pluraltricosanes

Origin of tricosane

From tri- + -cos- + -ane.

Words formed from tricosane

Questions about tricosane

What does tricosane mean?
Tricosane means any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having twenty-three carbon atoms, but especially n-tricosane CH₃(CH₂)₂₁CH₃.
What part of speech is tricosane?
Tricosane is a noun.
What is the plural of tricosane?
The plural of tricosane is tricosanes.

Words near tricosane in the dictionary

  1. tricosadiene
  2. tricosadienes
  3. tricosahydrate
  4. tricosahydrates
  5. tricosan-
  6. tricosane
  7. tricosanes
  8. tricosanoate
  9. tricosanoates
  10. tricosanoic
  11. tricosanoic acid

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