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butanes

butanes is the plural of butane.

Meaning of butane

Noun

butane (countable and uncountable, plural butanes)

  1. A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C₄H₁₀, n-butane and 2-methylpropane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
  2. (uncountable) The n-butane isomer only.

Questions about butanes

What is butanes the plural of?
Butanes is the plural of butane.

Words near butanes in the dictionary

  1. butanedioic acid
  2. butanediol
  3. butanediols
  4. butanedione
  5. butanediones
  6. butanes
  7. butanethiol
  8. butanethiols
  9. butanilicaine
  10. butanoate
  11. butanoates

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