ALKANE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
   Synonym(s)
   • alkane series (what does alkane series mean?)
   • methane series (what does methane series mean?)
   • paraffin (what does paraffin mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) alkane is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • aliphatic compound (what does aliphatic compound mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • butane (what does butane mean?)
   • amine (what does amine mean?)
   • aminoalkane (what does aminoalkane mean?)
   • ethane (what does ethane mean?)
   • C2H6 (what does C2H6 mean?)
   • heptane (what does heptane mean?)
   • hexane (what does hexane mean?)
   • methane (what does methane mean?)