Alkane

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

  alkane \alkane\ n. (Chem.)
     a non-aromatic saturated acyclic hydrocarbon with the general
     formula {CnH(2n+2)}. A member of the {alkane series}.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  alkane
       n : a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general
           formula CnH(2n+2) [syn: {methane series}, {alkane series},
            {paraffin}]