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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Methane \Meth"ane\, n. [See Methal.] (Chem.)
A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4;
marsh gas. It is the simplest of the aliphatic hydrocarbons.
See Marsh gas, under Gas.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Methane \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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
methane series
n : a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general
formula CnH(2n+2) [syn: alkane series, alkane, paraffin]
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