(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:26:11

Quin*dec"one (?), n. [L. quindecim fifteen.] Chem.

An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C15H26, of the valylene series, produced artificially as an oily liquid.

[Written also quindekone.]<-- now quindecene??-->

 

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