Tet″ra‐ko‐sane′ (?), n. [Tetra- + Gr. � twenty.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C24H50, resembling paraffin, and like it belonging to the marsh-gas series; — so called from having twenty-four atoms of carbon in the molecule.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.