methane
The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.
Example
“Cattle emit a large amount of methane.”
Other meanings
Any of very many derivatives of methane.
A kind of
- alkane series
- gas
Example sentences
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This definition is adapted from “methane” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.