"alkane" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæl.keɪn/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alkane.wav Forms: alkanes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪn Etymology: From German Alkan, formed as alkyl + -ane. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Alkan}} German Alkan, {{suffix|en|alkyl|ane}} alkyl + -ane Head templates: {{en-noun}} alkane (plural alkanes)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.). Wikipedia link: alkane Categories (topical): Carbon, Organic compounds Synonyms (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon): paraffin Hypernyms: hydrocarbon Related terms: -ane, alkene, alkyne Translations (acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2): alcà [masculine] (Catalan), (jyun⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 烷烴 (Chinese Cantonese), 烷烃 (jyun⁴ ting¹) (Chinese Cantonese), (wán) (Chinese Mandarin), 烷烴 (Chinese Mandarin), 烷烃 (wántīng) (Chinese Mandarin), alkan [masculine] (Czech), alkan [common-gender] (Danish), alkaan [neuter] (Dutch), alkano (Esperanto), alkaani (Finnish), alcane [masculine] (French), Alkan [neuter] (German), αλκάνιο (alkánio) [neuter] (Greek), सुषान्य (suṣānya) (Hindi), alkán (Hungarian), alkana (Indonesian), alcán [masculine] (Irish), alcano [masculine] (Italian), アルカン (arukan) (Japanese), メタン系炭化水素 (metan-kei tanka suiso) (alt: メタンけいたんかすいそ) (Japanese), алкан (alkan) (Kazakh), អាល់កាន (ʼalkaan) (Khmer), 알칸 (alkan) (Korean), 알케인 (alkein) (Korean), алкан (alkan) (Kyrgyz), alkana (Malay), waiwaro-tahi (Maori), alkan [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), alkan [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), alkan [masculine] (Polish), alcano (Portuguese), alcan [masculine] (Romanian), алка́н (alkán) [masculine] (Russian), alcano (Spanish), alkan [common-gender] (Swedish), alkan (Turkish), алка́н (alkán) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ankan (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-alkane-en-noun-6Ilreu-T Categories (other): Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ane, Entries with translation boxes, Hindi terms with redundant script codes, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences Hyponyms: methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane, heptane, octane, nonane, decane, undecane, dodecane, hexadecane, tetracosane Derived forms: alkanesulfonate, alkanethiol, alkanethiolate, alkanium, alkanofer, alkanol, bioalkane, bromoalkane, chloroalkane, chlorofluoroalkane, cycloalkane, fluoroalkane, haloalkane, halonitroalkane, hydrofluoroalkane, isoalkane, nitroalkane, phenylalkane, polyhaloalkane, trimethylalkane

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          "word": "alkanesulfonate"
        },
        {
          "word": "alkanethiol"
        },
        {
          "word": "alkanethiolate"
        },
        {
          "word": "alkanium"
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        {
          "word": "alkanofer"
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        {
          "word": "alkanol"
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        {
          "word": "bioalkane"
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        {
          "word": "bromoalkane"
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          "word": "chloroalkane"
        },
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          "word": "chlorofluoroalkane"
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        {
          "word": "cycloalkane"
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        {
          "word": "fluoroalkane"
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        {
          "word": "haloalkane"
        },
        {
          "word": "halonitroalkane"
        },
        {
          "word": "hydrofluoroalkane"
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        {
          "word": "isoalkane"
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        {
          "word": "nitroalkane"
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        {
          "word": "phenylalkane"
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        {
          "word": "polyhaloalkane"
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          "word": "trimethylalkane"
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          "text": "The carbon chain of an alkane may be linear or branched, but must not contain loops (cycles); its chemical formula is of the form CₙH₂ₙ₊₂.",
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          "ref": "1997, T. J. Savage, M. K. Hristova, R. Croteau, “Biochemistry of Short-Chain Alkanes: Evidence for an Elongation/Reduction/C1-Elimination Pathway”, in John Peter Williams, Mobashsher Uddin Khan, Nora Wan Lem, editors, Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Lipids, Kluwer Academic Publishers, page 51:",
          "text": "Whereas production levels of short-chain alkanes in plants are insufficient to provide an economically viable fuel source, the genes encoding the alkane biosynthetic pathway may provide a biotechnological resource for engineering fermentation organisms with the capacity to convert biomass to an alkane-based fuel.",
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          "text": "The oxidation of the simplest alkane methanol is carried out by methylotrophs that may be obligate or facultative.",
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          "text": "2012, Chulsung Bae, Chapter 3: Catalytic Carbon-Boron Bond Formation via Activation of Alkane C-H Bonds, Pedro J. Pérez, Alkane C-H Activation by Single-Site Metal Catalysis, Springer, page 73,\nAlkanes are extremely unreactive toward nucleophiles and electrophiles because they are composed of nonpolar, strong, saturated C–H and C-C bonds."
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      "word": "alkanesulfonate"
    },
    {
      "word": "alkanethiol"
    },
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      "word": "alkanethiolate"
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    {
      "word": "alkanium"
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      "word": "alkanofer"
    },
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      "word": "alkanol"
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    {
      "word": "bioalkane"
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      "word": "chloroalkane"
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      "word": "chlorofluoroalkane"
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      "word": "cycloalkane"
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    {
      "word": "fluoroalkane"
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      "word": "haloalkane"
    },
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      "word": "halonitroalkane"
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    {
      "word": "hydrofluoroalkane"
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      "word": "isoalkane"
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      "word": "nitroalkane"
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      "word": "phenylalkane"
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      "word": "propane"
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      "word": "butane"
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      "word": "pentane"
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      "word": "hexane"
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      "word": "heptane"
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      "word": "octane"
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        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
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        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
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        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
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        {
          "text": "The carbon chain of an alkane may be linear or branched, but must not contain loops (cycles); its chemical formula is of the form CₙH₂ₙ₊₂.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, T. J. Savage, M. K. Hristova, R. Croteau, “Biochemistry of Short-Chain Alkanes: Evidence for an Elongation/Reduction/C1-Elimination Pathway”, in John Peter Williams, Mobashsher Uddin Khan, Nora Wan Lem, editors, Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plant Lipids, Kluwer Academic Publishers, page 51:",
          "text": "Whereas production levels of short-chain alkanes in plants are insufficient to provide an economically viable fuel source, the genes encoding the alkane biosynthetic pathway may provide a biotechnological resource for engineering fermentation organisms with the capacity to convert biomass to an alkane-based fuel.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Alasdair H. Neilson, Ann-Sofie Allard, Environmental Degradation and Transformation of Organic Chemicals, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 103:",
          "text": "The oxidation of the simplest alkane methanol is carried out by methylotrophs that may be obligate or facultative.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "text": "2012, Chulsung Bae, Chapter 3: Catalytic Carbon-Boron Bond Formation via Activation of Alkane C-H Bonds, Pedro J. Pérez, Alkane C-H Activation by Single-Site Metal Catalysis, Springer, page 73,\nAlkanes are extremely unreactive toward nucleophiles and electrophiles because they are composed of nonpolar, strong, saturated C–H and C-C bonds."
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      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon",
      "word": "paraffin"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
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      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
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      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
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      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
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      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "烷"
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      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
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      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
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      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
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      "word": "alkan"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
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      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "alkano"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "alkaani"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alcane"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "Alkan"
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      "roman": "alkánio",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
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        "neuter"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "suṣānya",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "सुषान्य"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "alkán"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "alkana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alcán"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "alcano"
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      "roman": "arukan",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
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      "alt": "メタンけいたんかすいそ",
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      "roman": "metan-kei tanka suiso",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "メタン系炭化水素"
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      "roman": "alkan",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
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      "roman": "ʼalkaan",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "អាល់កាន"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "alkan",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "알칸"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "alkein",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "알케인"
    },
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "alkan",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "алкан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "alkana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "waiwaro-tahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "alkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "alcano"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alcan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "alkán",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "алка́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "alcano"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "alkan"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "alkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "alkán",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "алка́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "acyclic saturated hydrocarbon of formula CnH2n+2",
      "word": "ankan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alkane"
}

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