tetracontane
See also: tétracontane
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Etymology edit
Blend of tetra- (“4”) + Ancient Greek τεσσαράκοντα (tessarákonta, “40”) + -ane (“saturated hydrocarbon”), from Latin -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”).
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tetracontane (plural tetracontanes)
- (organic chemistry) Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having forty carbon atoms, but especially n-tetracontane CH3(CH2)38CH3
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