*decane*

n. [ Gr. &unr_; twelve. ] (Chem.) Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; eleven. ] (Chem.) One of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series, C11H24, found as a constituent of petroleum. [ Written also hendecane. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; six + &unr_; ten. ] (Chem.) A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "e`ndeka eleven.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series; -- so called because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule. Called also endecane, undecane. [1913 Webster]

n. (Chem.) See Hecdecane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nonus ninth + decem ten. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, a white waxy substance, C19H40; -- so called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Penta- + Gr. de`ka ten. ] (Chem.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tetra- + Gr. &unr_; ten. ] (Chem.) A light oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas series; -- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. tri- + Gr. &unr_; ten. So called from the number of carbon atoms in the molecule. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C13H28, of the methane series, which is a probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene, and is produced artificially as a light colorless liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]