n. (Chem.) A peculiar hydrocarbon fraction occuring as an ingredient of some crude petroleums, mostly mixtures of derivatives of the five- and six-membered saturated cyclic alkanes, cyclopentane and cyclohexane, having the general formula CnH2n. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
n. [ Octo- + naphthene. ] (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon of the octylene series, occurring in Caucasian petroleum. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Thiophene + naphthalene. ] (Chem.) A double benzene and thiophene nucleus,