(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:25:43

Ce"tyl (?), n. [Gr. whale + -yl.] Chem.

A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti.

 

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