Tri"ko*sane (?), n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. &?; twenty.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C₂₃H₄₈, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; - - so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in the molecule.

Tri"ko*sane (?), n. [Pref. tri- + Gr. &?; twenty.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C₂₃H₄₈, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; - - so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in the molecule.