'hexacosane' definitions:

Definition of 'hexacosane'

From: GCIDE
  • Hexeikosane \Hex*ei"ko*sane\, n. [Hex- + eikosane.] (chem.) A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon. [Written also hexacosane.] [1913 Webster]