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isobutane

isobutane noun: a hydrocarbon, a particular isomer of C₄H₁₀ found in natural gas.

isobutane: a hydrocarbon, a particular isomer of C₄H₁₀ found in natural gas
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Noun

isobutane (countable and uncountable, plural isobutanes)

  1. A hydrocarbon, a particular isomer of C₄H₁₀ found in natural gas.

isobutane meaning in Tamil and Malay

isobutane in Tamil

சமபூத்தேன்

isobutane in Malay

a hydrocarbon: C4H10
isobutana

Synonyms of isobutane

Forms of isobutane

pluralisobutanes

Origin of isobutane

From iso- + butane. From being an isomer of butane, different from n-butane (“'normal' butane”).

Questions about isobutane

What does isobutane mean?
Isobutane means a hydrocarbon, a particular isomer of C₄H₁₀ found in natural gas.
What is isobutane in Tamil?
Isobutane in Tamil is சமபூத்தேன். See Isobutane meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is isobutane?
Isobutane is a noun.
What is the plural of isobutane?
The plural of isobutane is isobutanes.

Words near isobutane in the dictionary

  1. isobromindione
  2. isobront
  3. isobronts
  4. isobutadiene
  5. isobutamben
  6. isobutane
  7. isobutanes
  8. isobutanol
  9. isobutene
  10. isobutenes
  11. isobutyl

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Adapted from Wiktionary: isobutane (page history and authors); isobutane (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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