( n. )
A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.
( n. )
A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012