About The Word Methane
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Methane
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What's The Definition Of Methane?
[n] a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel
Synonyms | Synonyms for Methane: Related Terms | Find terms related to Methane: alcohol | benzine | briquette | burnable | butane | carbon | charcoal | coal | coke | combustible | dope | ethane | ethanol | fireball | firing | flammable | flammable material | fuel | fuel additive | fuel dope | gas | gas carbon | gasoline | heptane | hexane | inflammable | inflammable material | isooctane | jet fuel | kerosene | methanol | natural gas | octane | oil | paraffin | peat | pentane | propane | propellant | rocket fuel | turf See Also | alkane | alkane series | gas | marsh gas | methane series | natural gas | paraffin Methane In Webster's Dictionary \Meth"ane\, n. [See {Methal}.] (Chem.)
A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, {CH4};
marsh gas. See {Marsh gas}, under {Gas}.
{Methane series} (Chem.), a series of saturated hydrocarbons,
of which methane is the first member and type, and
(because of their general chemical inertness and
indifference) called also the {paraffin (little affinity)
series}. The lightest members are gases, as methane,
ethane; intermediate members are liquids, as hexane,
heptane, etc. (found in benzine, kerosene, etc.); while
the highest members are white, waxy, or fatty solids, as
paraffin proper.
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