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sterane

sterane noun: a tetracyclic hydrocarbon related to the steroids.

Noun

sterane (plural steranes)

  1. A tetracyclic hydrocarbon related to the steroids
    • At right, values in parentheses represent a measure of relative signal intensity for the steranes in acquired MRM chromatograms (though absolute abundances are determined from individual peak areas) and the numbers beneath are the masses (in daltons) of the ion transitions (molecular weight...2009 February 5, Gordon D. Love et al., “Fossil steroids record the appearance of Demospongiae during the Cryogenian period”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7230, →DOI, pages 718–721

Forms of sterane

pluralsteranes

Words formed from sterane

Questions about sterane

What does sterane mean?
Sterane means a tetracyclic hydrocarbon related to the steroids.
What part of speech is sterane?
Sterane is a noun.
What is the plural of sterane?
The plural of sterane is steranes.

Words near sterane in the dictionary

  1. stepwork
  2. steradian
  3. steradiancies
  4. steradiancy
  5. steradians
  6. sterane
  7. steranes
  8. Sterba
  9. Sterbas
  10. Sterbfritz
  11. stercobilin

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