Alkane

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any member of the alkane series.
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  • n. Any of saturated hydrocarbons including methane, ethane and compounds with long carbon chain known as paraffins etc., having a chemical formula of the form CnH2n+2.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a non-aromatic saturated acyclic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2). A member of the alkane series.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A hydrocarbon, CnH2n+2, of the marsh-gas or methane series: official name.
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  • n. a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aliphatic compound    hydrocarbon   
    Variant
    alkane series   
    Hyponym
    methane    heptane    butane    hexane    aminoalkane   
    Form
    cycloalkane   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    diene    bromonium    f-electron    ph-rate    monomers   
     
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