• (n.) A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon.
Hex·ei'ko·sane noun [ Hex- + eikosane .] (chem.) A hydrocarbon, C 26 H 54 , resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon. [ Written also hexacosane .]