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methane series
(encz) | methane series, n: |
Methane series
(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] |
methane series
(wn) | methane series
n 1: a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the
general formula CnH(2n+2) [syn: methane series, {alkane
series}, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin] |
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