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carbane

carbane noun: a proposed systematic name for methane.

Noun

carbane (uncountable)

  1. (nonstandard) A proposed systematic name for methane.

Origin of carbane

carb- + -ane; from carbo-.

Questions about carbane

What does carbane mean?
Carbane means a proposed systematic name for methane.
What part of speech is carbane?
Carbane is a noun.

Words near carbane in the dictionary

  1. carbamylcholine
  2. carbamyls
  3. carbamyltransferase
  4. carbamyltransferases
  5. carbamylurea
  6. carbane
  7. carbanil
  8. carbanilate
  9. carbanilates
  10. carbanilic acid
  11. carbanilide

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