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Alkanes & Cycloalkanes
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al⋅kane

  [al-keyn]
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–noun Chemistry.
any member of the alkane series.
Origin:
1895–1900; alk(yl) + -ane
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al·kane   (āl'kān')   
n.  Any member of the alkane series.

[alk(yl) + -ane.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: al·kane
Pronunciation: 'al-"kAn
Function: noun
: any of a series of saturated aliphatic hydrocarbonsCnH2n+2 (as methane) called also paraffin
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alkane al·kane (āl'kān')
n.
Any of various saturated open-chain hydrocarbons having the general formula CnH2n+2, the most abundant of which is methane.

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alkane   (āl'kān')  Pronunciation Key 
Any of a group of hydrocarbons that have carbon atoms in chains linked by single bonds and that have the general formula CnH2n+2. Alkanes can be either gaseous, liquid, or solid. They occur naturally in petroleum and natural gas, and include methane, propane and butane. Also called paraffin. ◇ The group of alkanes as a whole is called the alkane series or the methane or paraffin series. Its first six members are methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, and hexane.
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