Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A solid white waxy alcohol, C16H34O, used as an emulsifier and in cosmetics, perfumes, and pharmaceuticals.
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- noun organic chemistry The
waxy aliphatic primary alcohol 1-hexadecanol , used incosmetics etc.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin cētus, whale; see Cetus + –yl.]
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