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Cetylic alcohol

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cetylic \Ce*tyl"ic\, a. (Chem.)
   Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti.

   {Cetylic alcohol} (Chem.), a white, waxy, crystalline solid,
      obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with
      ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; -- called also {cetyl
      alcohol}.
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