pristane (English, noun)
expansion: pristane (countable and uncountable, plural pristanes)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A natural saturated terpenoid alkane, 2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane, used as a lubricant, an anticorrosion agent, and in medical research
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: pristanes
tags: plural