methane (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *methane*:
NOUN	substance	methane	a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel

methane > pronunciation
Sounds	meh'they.n
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English > *methane*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	A colorless odorless gas used as a fuel.
Narrower	marsh gas	methane gas produced when vegetation decomposes in water
Broader	gas	A fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
Broader	methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin	A series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
Substance of	natural gas, gas	A fossil fuel in the gaseous state
Spanish	metano
Catalan	metà

HyperDic: methane