Word.ws English Dictionary

pentanes

pentanes is the plural of pentane.

Meaning of pentane

Noun

pentane (plural pentanes)

  1. An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C₅H₁₂; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methylbutane (isopentane), and dimethylpropane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions.

Questions about pentanes

What is pentanes the plural of?
Pentanes is the plural of pentane.

Words near pentanes in the dictionary

  1. pentanediols
  2. pentanedione
  3. pentanediones
  4. pentanedithiol
  5. pentanedithiols
  6. pentanes
  7. pentaneural
  8. pentangle
  9. pentangles
  10. pentangular
  11. pentangularity

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pentanes (page history and authors); pentane (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “pentanes.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/pentanes. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.