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


[alk(yl) + -ane.]

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alkane

noun
a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2) [syn: methane series] 

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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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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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