methane

About 2.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.

   Cattle emit a large amount of methane.

2. noun Any of very many derivatives of methane.

Similar words

methanol diphenyl sulphide gas cmm producing marsh gas firedamp methyl hydride natural gas

Often followed by

and is gas in production emissions from to oxidation

Word family

methanes