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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tridecane

/(trī̇*dĕk"ān)/ · Tri·dec·ane · IPA
01 n. A hydrocarbon, C13H28, of the methane series, which is a probable ingredient both of crude petroleum and of kerosene, and is produced artif…
  1. 1.
    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.(Chem.)