Pentane

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pentane \Pen"tane\, n. [See {Penta-}.] (Chem.)
     Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, {C5H12}, of the
     methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile
     liquids, two of which occur in petroleum. So called because
     of the five carbon atoms in the molecule.
     [1913 Webster]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "pentane":
     alcohol, benzine, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal,
     coal, coke, combustible, dope, ethane, ethanol, fireball, firing,
     flammable, flammable material, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope, gas,
     gas carbon, gasoline, heptane, hexane, inflammable,
     inflammable material, isooctane, jet fuel, kerosene, methane,
     methanol, natural gas, octane, oil, paraffin, peat, propane,
     propellant, rocket fuel, turf