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Etymology

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From hex--one.

Noun

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hexone (countable and uncountable, plural hexones)

  1. (organic chemistry) A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hexone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)