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butane

bu·tane
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [byoo-teyn, byoo-teyn]
    • /ˈbyu teɪn, byuˈteɪn/
    • /ˈbjuː.teɪn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [byoo-teyn, byoo-teyn]
    • /ˈbyu teɪn, byuˈteɪn/

Definitions of butane word

  • uncountable noun butane Butane is a gas that is obtained from petroleum and is used as a fuel. 3
  • noun butane a colourless flammable gaseous alkane that exists in two isomeric forms, both of which occur in natural gas. The stable isomer, n-butane, is used mainly in the manufacture of rubber and fuels (such as Calor Gas). Formula: C4H10 3
  • noun butane either of two alkanes (normal butane and isobutane) having the same formula, C4H10, but different structures and used esp. as a fuel 3
  • noun butane Butane is an alkane gas with the formula C₄H₁₀. 3
  • noun butane a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel. 1
  • noun butane flammable gas 1
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Origin of butane

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; but(yl) + -ane

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Parts of speech for Butane

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butane popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • butadiene

    a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2

  • butanol

    a colourless substance existing in four isomeric forms. The three liquid isomers are used as solvents for resins, lacquers, etc, and in the manufacture of organic compounds. Formula: C4H9OH

  • cymogene

    a mixture of volatile flammable hydrocarbons, mainly butane, obtained in the distillation of petroleum

  • isobutane

    a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.

  • liquefied petroleum gas

    a mixture of various petroleum gases, esp propane and butane, stored as a liquid under pressure and used as an engine fuel

  • natural gas

    a combustible mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons that accumulates in porous sedimentary rocks, especially those yielding petroleum, consisting usually of over 80 percent methane together with minor amounts of ethane, propane, butane, nitrogen, and, sometimes, helium: used as a fuel and to make carbon black, acetylene, and synthesis gas.
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