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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
propane
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ How do you see the propane industry and its future?
▪ In May, a train containing empty propane tanks derailed in a steep Martinez canyon, causing another evacuation.
▪ Later firemen tackling the blaze were in danger from exploding canisters of acetylene and propane.
▪ Now these attractive stoves are available for use with both natural and propane gas.
▪ The new fridge uses a mix of butane and propane gases as coolants.
▪ The price of propane had been controlled until 1983, and competition was virtually nonexistent.
▪ Their power bases were also substantial-ones of information, tradition, and expertise in the propane industry.
▪ This concept was soon invoked, when the Gaz Fountain was hit near Halul with a cargo of propane and butane.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Propane

Propane \Pro"pane\, n. [Propyl + methane.] (Chem.) A heavy gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H8, of the paraffin series, occurring naturally dissolved in crude petroleum, and also made artificially; -- called also propyl hydride.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
propane

"colorless gas occurring in petroleum," 1866, with chemical suffix -ane + prop(ionic acid) (1850), from French propionique (1847), from Greek pro "forward" (see pro-) + pion "fat" (see fat (adj.)), in reference to its being first in order of the fatty acids.

Wiktionary
propane

n. (context organic compound English) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C3H8, a constituent of natural gas.

WordNet
propane

n. colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel

Wikipedia
Propane

Propane is a three- carbon alkane with the molecular formula , a gas, at standard temperature and pressure, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, portable stoves, and residential central heating. Propane is one of a group of liquefied petroleum gases (LP gases). The others include butane, propylene, butadiene, butylene, isobutylene and mixtures thereof.

Propane (data page)

This page provides supplementary chemical data on Propane.

Usage examples of "propane".

The tarps, the cash, the liquid propane gas, the double tanks full of diesel fuel.

I began with the stove and refrigerator, then took her outside to show her the propane hookups.

Everything that was on an open shelf or countertop had to be stowed and secured, a rubber band snapped around the roll of toilet paper, the water heater turned off, food in the fridge and cupboards cushioned against breakage, rugs rolled and furniture moved to pull in the living area and wardrobe slide-outs, awning stowed, and all the carefully reconnected propane appliances disconnected again.

The pump drew the hydrogen gas out of the retort and pumped it through the wall into the tank of a propane truck that was parked in the maintenance bay next to the control room.

The propane truck had been parked here for a long time now, and he wanted it ready to go when the time came to get out of here.

The pressure gauge on the main propane tank had been shut off to prevent leakage.

The propane truck was safe for the moment--just one more truck parked at a truck stop, right out in plain sight, which effectively made it invisible.

Now that the propane truck was parked out at the truck stop, the clock was running.

They had to wait in the middle of the plaza while a big semi roared by them in second gear, followed closely by a propane truck.

Then he was going to go north on 1-81 this time and hunt down that propane truck.

The Washington area was served by a large metropolitan gas company, which meant that there were not a lot of propane customers in or near the city.

Then it would be a matter of slogging through the Washington-area trucking centers, looking for that propane truck.

His plan was simple: Very early tomorrow morning, he would drive the propane truck up the ramp to the top deck of that garage and park it next to the outer wall on the alley side of the building.

The propane truck came equipped with a four-inch diameter wire reinforced 150-foot-long hose, whose fittings he had modified to handle H the hydrogen gas.

The propane truck was designed to hold eight thousand gallons of liquid propane.