propane
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Etymology
[edit]Analyzable as prop- + -ane, borrowing or calque of German Propan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]propane (countable and uncountable, plural propanes)
- (organic chemistry) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C3H8, a constituent of natural gas. [from 1867]
- 1960 April, “Restaurant cars and multiple-units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 222:
- Propane gas is used for cooking and cylinder containers are placed to one side of the underframe, with battery boxes and electrical control boxes at the other side.
Synonyms
[edit]- E944 when used as a propellant
Hypernyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]aliphatic hydrocarbon: C3H8
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References
[edit]- “propane”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “propane”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]propane m (plural propanes)
Further reading
[edit]- “propane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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