ceryln.
/ˈsɪərɪl/ Chemistry.
The hypothetic radical (C27H55) of ceryl or cerotyl alcohol or cerotin, C27H56O, a white solid waxy substance, melting at 79° C., obtained from ceryl cerotate or Chinese wax.
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1868 H. B. Jones & H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 10) 633 Ceryl Alcohol..is obtained from Chinese wax... This wax consists mainly of ceryl cerotate.
Derivatives
ˈcerylene n. [see -ene comb. form] the same as cerotene n. at cerotic adj. Derivatives (C27H54).
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1873 H. Watts Fownes's Man. Elem. Chem. (1877) II. 303 Ceryl cerotate..yields cerotic acid and cerylene by dry distillation.
ceˈrylic adj. of ceryl.
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1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 838 A solution of cerotate of potassium is obtained holding cerylic alcohol in suspension..The hydrate of ceryl..forms a waxy substance melting at 97°C.
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