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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2);
[syn: methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

alkane \alkane\ n. (Chem.)
   a non-aromatic saturated acyclic hydrocarbon with the general
   formula CnH(2n+2). A member of the alkane series.
   [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

alkane
    n 1: a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the
         general formula CnH(2n+2) [syn: methane series, alkane
         series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin]