tetracontane

See also: tétracontane

English

Etymology

Blend of tetra- (“4”) + Ancient Greek τεσσαράκοντα (tessarákonta, “40”) + -ane (“saturated hydrocarbon”), from Latin -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”).

Noun

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

Translations

Translations

French: tétracontane (fr) m
German: Tetracontan (de) n
Japanese: テトラコンタン (tetorakontan)
Polish: tetrakontan m
Russian: тетраконтан m (tetrakontan)

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