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tetramethylmethane

tetramethylmethane noun: neopentane.

Noun

tetramethylmethane (uncountable)

  1. neopentane
    • In this and all other tables the molecular weight of tetramethylmethane was taken at 72.09, and the ice point as 273.16°K^([sic – meaning 273.16K]).1938, Pennsylvania State College, Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations: Submitted to the Pennsylvania State College in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degrees of Doctor of Education...
    • The system selected for initial study was that involving tetramethylmethane and tetrachloromethane.2016, Eric F. Lype, Roger Eichorn, Joseph F. Masi, edited by Joseph F. Masi and Donald H. Tsai, Progress in International Research on Thermodynamic and Transport Properties, revised edition, Academic...

Questions about tetramethylmethane

What does tetramethylmethane mean?
Tetramethylmethane means neopentane.
What part of speech is tetramethylmethane?
Tetramethylmethane is a noun.

Words near tetramethylmethane in the dictionary

  1. tetramethylguanidine
  2. tetramethylguanidines
  3. tetramethylimidazoline
  4. tetramethylimidazolines
  5. tetramethyllead
  6. tetramethylmethane
  7. tetramethylpentadecane
  8. tetramethylpentadecanes
  9. tetramethylpiperidine
  10. tetramethylpiperidines
  11. tetramethylpyrazine

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