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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

alkane

· IPA /ˈæl.keɪn/
01 n. a non-aromatic saturated acyclic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2). A member of the alkane series.
  1. 1.
    a non-aromatic saturated acyclic hydrocarbon with the general formula CnH(2n+2). A member of the alkane series.(Chem.) See: alkane series