Definitions for ethanes

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ethanes eth·ane

Spelling: [eth-eyn]

IPA: /ˈɛθ eɪn/

Ethanes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 191 anagrams from letters in ethanes (aeehnst).

Definitions for ethanes

noun

1. a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.

Origin of ethanes

First recorded in 1870-75; eth(yl) + -ane

Examples for ethanes

We derived this substance from ethane by introducing a methyl group; hence it may be termed “methylethane.”

ethane, (C2H6), a hydrocarbon belonging to the paraffin series.

Add another of carbon and two more of hydrogen and you get the second "ethane."

Acetylene combines with hydrogen in the presence of platinum black, and ethylene and then ethane result.

We have pictured to ourselves the molecule of methane: let us do the same with ethane.

All we need trouble about, however, is the first two, Methane and ethane.