What is "tetradecane"

Tetradecane \Tet`ra*dec"ane\, n. [Tetra- + Gr. ? ten.] (Chem.) A light oily hydrocarbon, C14H30, of the marsh-gas series; -- so called from the fourteen carbon atoms in the molecule.

n. 1 (context organic compound English) Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having fourteen carbon atoms (C₁₄H₃₀) 2 A petroleum fraction rich in such compounds

Tetradecane is an alkane hydrocarbon with the chemical formula CH(CH)CH.

Tetradecane has 1858 structural isomers.