methaan

Definitions of methaan
  1. noun
    a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel
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    types:
    brongas, moerasdamp, moerasgas, slikgas
    methane gas produced when vegetation decomposes in water
    type of:
    benzine, gas, peut
    a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
    paraffine
    a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
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