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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A group of saturated open-chain hydrocarbons having the general formula CnH2n+2, the most abundant of which is methane. Also called methane series, paraffin series.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Chem.) a series of acyclic non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2). They include methane, ethane, propane, butane, and the paraffins.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

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  1. methane series
  1. paraffin

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  1. aliphatic compound

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  1. methane
  1. heptane
  1. butane
  1. hexane
  1. aminoalkane
  1. amine
  1. c2h6
  1. ethane

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  1. methane series
  1. paraffin series
  1. alkane
  1. series
  1. dibutyl
  1. paraffin

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