Methane

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An odorless, colorless, flammable gas, CH4, the major constituent of natural gas, that is used as a fuel and is an important source of hydrogen and a wide variety of organic compounds.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH4, being a constituent of natural gas.
  • n. Any of very many derivatives of methane.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. It is the simplest of the aliphatic hydrocarbons. See Marsh gas, under gas.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A hydrocarbon (CH4) belonging to the paraffin series, a colorless, odorless gas which may be reduced to a liquid by extreme pressure and cold.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    paraffin    gas    alkane    paraffin series    methane series    alkane series   
    Variant
    gas   
    Hyponym
    marsh gas   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ethane   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    monoxide    dioxide    helium    hydrocarbon    chlorine    ammonia    ozone    fluorine    acetylene    pollutant   
     
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