"hexane" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛkseɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hexane.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hexanes [plural]
enPR: hĕks'ān Etymology: From hex + -ane. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hex|ane}} hex + -ane Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hexane (countable and uncountable, plural hexanes)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of five isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons, C₆H₁₄. They are colorless, volatile liquids. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Derived forms: cyclohexane, hexanediamide, hexanediol, isohexane, methylcyclohexanone, n-hexane Translations (aliphatic hydrocarbon: C6H14): հեքսան (hekʿsan) (Armenian), heksan (Azerbaijani), hexà [masculine] (Catalan), hexan [masculine] (Czech), heksano (Esperanto), heksaani (Finnish), hexane [masculine] (French), Hexan [neuter] (German), hexán (Hungarian), heksana (Indonesian), heacsán [masculine] (Irish), esano [masculine] (Italian), ヘキサン (hekisan) (Japanese), гексан (geksan) (Kazakh), 헥세인 (heksein) (Korean), heksana (Malay), 己烷 (jǐwán) (Mandarin), owaro (Maori), heksan [neuter] (Norwegian), heksan [masculine] (Polish), hexano [masculine] (Portuguese), гекса́н (geksán) [masculine] (Russian), hexano [masculine] (Spanish), hexan [neuter] (Swedish), hegzan (Turkish), hekzan (Turkish), häxan (Volapük)

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