In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
decane (countable and uncountable, plural decanes)
(chemistry) any of the seventy-five isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H22
• Caeden, cadene, candee
Source: Wiktionary
Dec"ane, n. Etym: [See Deca-.] (Chem.)
Definition: A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.