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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PENTADECANE
Pen
`
ta
*
dec
"
ane,
n.
Etym:
[
Penta-
+
Gr.
(
Chem.
)
Defn: A
hydrocarbon
of
the
paraffin
series,
(C15H32 )
found
in
petroleum,
tar
oil,
etc.
,
and
obtained
as
a
colorless
liquid;
--
so
called
from
the
fifteen
carbon
atoms
in
the
molecule.
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