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<chemistry> A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, (C15H32) found in petroleum, tar oil, etc, and obtained as a colourless liquid; so called from the fifteen carbon atoms in the molecule.
Origin: Penta- + Gr. Ten.
(01 Mar 1998)
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