ethane

About 0.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.
2. noun The same compound, subjected to modification by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms with other radicals.

   chlorinated ethanes; halogenated ethanes

Similar words

propane diphenyl fuel methane ethene ethylene ethyl acetylene alkane propylene

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Word family

ethanes