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pentadecane
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pentadecane, n. [Penta- + Gr. de`ka ten.].
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]
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