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triptane
[ trip-teyn ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- a colorless liquid, C 7 H 17 , having high antiknock properties as a fuel: used chiefly as an admixture to airplane gasolines.
triptane
/ ˈtrɪpteɪn /
noun
- a colourless highly flammable liquid alkane hydrocarbon, isomeric with heptane, used in aviation fuel; 2,2,3-trimethylbutane. Formula: CH 3 C(CH 3 ) 2 CH(CH 3 )CH 3
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Word History and Origins
Origin of triptane1
C20: shortened and altered from trimethylbutane ; see tri- , methyl , butane
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