paraffin series

A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications.

A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.

Any one of a group of thick oily hydrocarbons, C12H26, of the paraffin series.

A hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the paraffin series

A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series