|dōˌtrīəˈkän.ˌtān noun
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Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary dotriacont- (from do- — as in dodeca- — + triacont- — from Greek triakonta thirty) + -ane
: a paraffin hydrocarbon of the formula C 32 H 66 ; especially : the crystalline normal isomer CH 3 (CH 2 ) 30 CH 3