methane

methane

methane (countable and uncountable; plural methanes)

1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas.

   Cattle emit a large amount of methane.

2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any of very many derivatives of methane.

	metano
	the compound CH <sub>4</sub>
	A colourless, odourless, and tasteless gas, lighter than air and reacting violently with chlorine and bromine in sunlight, a chief component of natural gas; used as a source of methanol, acetylene, and carbon monoxide.

gas di palude

Altri significati:

(organic chemistry, countable) Any of very many derivatives of methane.

(organic chemistry, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH <sub>4</sub> , being a constituent of natural gas.

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