Ethane

3 definitions found

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

  ethane \eth"ane\ ([e^]th"[=a]n), n. [From {Ether}.] (Chem.)
     A gaseous hydrocarbon, {C2H6}, forming a constituent of
     ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the
     paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are
     common alcohol (ethyl alcohol), acetaldehyde, ether, and
     acetic acid. Called also {dimethyl}.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ethane
       n : a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel [syn: {C2H6}]

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

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "ethane":
     alcohol, benzine, briquette, burnable, butane, carbon, charcoal,
     coal, coke, combustible, dope, 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, pentane,
     rocket fuel, turf