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nonadecane

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of very many isomeric saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon, C19H40, but especially n-nonadecane, CH3(CH2)17CH3

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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History

Etymology

From nonadec- + -ane.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 十九烷 — organic compound
  • Chinese Mandarin: 十九烷 (shíjiǔwán) — organic compound
  • French: nonadécane — organic compound
  • German: Nonadecan — organic compound
  • Japanese: ノナデカン (nonadekan) — organic compound
  • Kazakh: нонадекан (nonadekan) — organic compound
  • Korean: 노나데케인 (nonadekein) — organic compound
  • Korean: 노나데칸 (nonadekan) — organic compound
  • Polish: nonadekan — organic compound