"isobutane" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: isobutanes [plural]
Etymology: iso- + butane. From being an isomer of butane, different from n-butane (“'normal' butane”) Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|iso|butane}} iso- + butane, {{m|en|butane}} butane, {{m|en|n-butane|gloss='normal' butane}} n-butane (“'normal' butane”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} isobutane (countable and uncountable, plural isobutanes)
  1. (organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon, a particular isomer of C₄H₁₀ found in natural gas. Wikipedia link: en:isobutane Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Synonyms: 2-methylpropane, methylpropane, trimethylmethane Related terms: butane, cyclobutane, n-butane Translations (a hydrocarbon: C4H10): isobutà [masculine] (Catalan), 異丁烷 (Chinese Mandarin), 异丁烷 (yì dīngwán) (Chinese Mandarin), isobutaani (Finnish), isobutane [masculine] (French), 2-méthylpropane [masculine] (French), méthylpropane [masculine] (French), Isobutan [neuter] (German), ισοβουτάνιο (isovoutánio) [neuter] (Greek), izobután (Hungarian), isobutana (Malay), isobutano [masculine] (Portuguese), изобута́н (izobután) [masculine] (Russian), metilpropano [masculine] (Spanish), isobutano [masculine] (Spanish), izobütan (Turkish)

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