Methane vs Methanes - What's the difference?
methane | methanes |
(organic compound, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH4, being a constituent of natural gas.
(organic chemistry, countable) Any of very many derivatives of methane.
(organic compound) Derivatives of methane.
As nouns the difference between methane and methanes
is that methane is (organic compound|uncountable) the simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, ch4, being a constituent of natural gas while methanes is (organic compound) derivatives of methane.methane
English
(wikipedia methane)Noun
- Cattle emit a large amount 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
*methanes
English
Noun
(head)- Chloroform and bromoform are trihalogenated methanes