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methane | m |

As a noun methane

is the simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH4, being a constituent of natural gas.

As an abbreviation m is

metre.

methane

Noun

  • (organic compound, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH4, being a constituent of natural gas.
  • Cattle emit a large amount of methane .
  • (organic chemistry, countable) Any of very many derivatives of methane.
  • Synonyms

    * methyl hydride (appears in some chemistry literature) * carbon tetrahydride (qualifier)

    Derived terms

    * methane gas (an often-used term, although it really means methane )

    Anagrams

    *

    References

    *

    m

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=l, next=n, image= (wikipedia m)

    Etymology 1

    Modification of capital letter M, from (etyl) letter .

    Letter

  • The thirteenth letter of the .
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * (other scripts) * Turned:

    Etymology 2

    Various abbreviations.

    Symbol

    (Bilabial nasal) (head)
  • meter (metre), the unit of length in the International System of Units
  • milli-
  • .
  • mass
  • month or months
  • Etymology 3

    From upper case roman numeral M (1000), an alteration of ?, from ?, an alteration of ?, an alteration of ?, from encircling X (the roman numeral for ten) to indicate the hundredth ten.

    Alternative forms

    * M,

    Numeral

  • cardinal number one thousand (1000)
  • Synonyms
    *

    See also

    {{Letter , page=M , NATO=Mike , Morse=–– , Character=M , Braille=? }} Image:Latin M.png, Capital and lowercase versions of M , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter M.png, Uppercase and lowercase M in Fraktur ----