Chem. [f. Gr. τρία three + εἴκασι twenty + -ANE.] A hydrocarbon belonging to the paraffin series, containing 23 atoms of carbon.
1894. Muir & Morley, Watts’ Dict. Chem., IV. 793. n-Tri-icosane C23H48 (melting point 48°C.)…. Obtained also by fractional distillation of paraffin oil from brown coal…. Glittering plates.
1902. Jrnl. Chem. Soc., LXXXII. I. 734. Pennsylvania Petroleum … furnished a small proportion of a solid tricosane, C23H48, which melts at 45°.
