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Gas in natural gas
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ethane
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context organic compound uncountable English) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C 2 H 6 , gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas. 2 (context organic compound countable English) The same compound, subjected to modification ...
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ETHANE is a mnemonic indicating a protocol used by emergency services to report situations which they may be faced with, especially as it relates to major incidents, where it may be used as part of their emergency action principles . An alternative mnemonic ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1873, from ethyl + -ane , the appropriate suffix under Hofmann's system.
Usage examples of ethane.
Under the uniform orange glow which suffused everything, the lake's liquid ethane sat like a basinful of crude oil, thirty miles across.
The air seemed a little clearer here, in the middle of the lake, perhaps because of the constant dissolving and exsolving of gases from the ethane.
One plausible current conjecture is that Titan has an ocean—but an ocean of ethane and methane, rather like liquefied natural gas.