Ethane

Definition: Ethane

Ethane

Noun

1. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel.

Note: Ethane \Eth"ane\, noun. [From Ether.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: Ethane

English words defined with "ethane": Dimethyl ♦ ethyl, ethyl group, ethyl radical, Ethylamine ♦ Heterology ♦ Isologous ♦ methane series. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ethane": LIQUEFIED GASES ♦ natural gas liquid ♦ Still gas. (references)

Etymologies containing "ethane": Malamethane. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Ethane (reference) Thermodynamic Properties of Ethane (National Standard Reference Data Service of the USSR: A Series of property Tables) (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Shedgum and Uthmaniyah treat a stream composed of ethane and NGLs while Berri, Abqaiq and Ras Tanura process propane and heavier NGLs. The fractionation plants split the liquid stream into ethane, propane, butane and natural gasoline. (references)
		The ethane is sent to Jubail and Yanbu; the LPG is exported from Ras Tanura, Ju'aymah and Yanbu; the natural gas is exported from Ras Tanura and Yanbu; and the propane, butane and natural gasoline are used domestically as industrial feedstock. (references)
		CONPET's main activity is the transport to refineries of domestic and imported crude oil, condensate and ethane, through pipelines or by tankers, pumping stations and other facilities, 25 operation and maintenance units, as well as storage facilities for approximately 350,000 tons - 2,600,000 barrels. (references)
Economic History	Uae	The petrochemical plant will use as feedstock the ethane that the NGL plant produces as a by-product. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	Core Venture I area will be developed by Exxon/Mobil Corporation (35%), the Royal Dutch/Shell Group (25%), BP (25%), and Phillips Petroleum Company (15%). Investments include a 1 million ton a year ethane cracker, a 2,000 MW power plant and a 150 million gallon a day desalination plants in Jubail and Yanbu. (references)
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"Ethane" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ethane" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	12	101,599

Expression using "ethane": amido ethane. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "ethane": pentane-oxy-ethane.
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Language		Translations for "ethane"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		etan. (various references)

Arabic		‏الإثين هيدرو كربون. (various references)

Bulgarian		етан (dimethyl). (various references)

Chinese		乙烷. (various references)

Czech		etan. (various references)

French		éthane. (various references)

Greek		αιθάνιο. (various references)

Hungarian		etán. (various references)

Italian		etano. (various references)

Korean		에탄. (various references)

Pig Latin		ethaneay

Russian		этан (dimethyl). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		etan (dimethyl). (various references)

Swedish		etan (dimethyl). (various references)

Turkish		etan. (various references)
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "ethane": ethanes. (additional references)
	Words ending with "ethane": chlorofluoromethane, dichlorodifluoromethane, dichloroethane, hexachlorethane, hexachloroethane, methane, nitromethane, polyurethane, trihalomethane, triphenylmethane, urethane. (additional references)
	Words containing "ethane": chlorofluoromethanes, dichlorodifluoromethanes, dichloroethanes, hexachlorethanes, hexachloroethanes, methanes, nitromethanes, polyurethanes, trihalomethanes, triphenylmethanes, urethanes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ethane" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: athlan, cetane, Elhanan, emhain, Eothen, ephane, etan, Etchege, etha, Ethanim, ethanl, ethate, ethen, ethena, etheno, ethile, Ethna, ethne, ethyne, etnae, Etxabe, euthuna, extane, Feshane, Fethiye, Ithana, Ithna, lethan, lethane, Othmani, teane, tehan, Uthany. (additional references)
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# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "ethane" (pronounced e"thā'n)
4	e" th ā' n	methane.
3	-th ā' n	polyurethane, urethane.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-n-t"
	-1 letter: eaten, enate, neath, thane.
	-2 letters: ante, eath, etna, haen, haet, hant, hate, heat, hent, neat, teen, thae, than, thee, then.
	-3 letters: ane, ant, ate, eat, eta, eth, hae, hat, hen, het, nae, nah, nee, net, nth, tae, tan, tea, tee, ten, the.
	-4 letters: ae, ah, an, at, eh, en, et, ha, he, na, ne.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-n-t"
	+1 letter: beneath, earthen, ethanes, haptene, hearten, heathen, heptane, lethean, methane, phenate, thenage, wheaten.
	+2 letters: adherent, anethole, anthemed, antheses, atheneum, earthmen, echinate, elephant, ensheath, enswathe, exanthem, exhalent, haptenes, hastened, hastener, headnote, heartens, heathens, hematein, hematine, heptanes, herniate, leathern, methanes, neatherd, phenates, thebaine, thenages, threaten, unheated, urethane, wheatens, wreathen, xanthene.
	+3 letters: adherents, anetholes, asthenies, athenaeum, atheneums, bethanked, chanteuse, chastened, chastener, deathsmen, elephants, enchanted, enchanter, ensheathe, ensheaths, enswathed, enswathes, entrechat, enwreathe, euthanize, eutherian, exanthema, exanthems, exhalents, hasteners, headnotes, headstone, heartened, hemateins, hematines, herniated, herniates, hesitance, hibernate, hyphenate, inbreathe, inearthed, mainsheet, methadone, naphthene, narthexes, natheless, neatherds, pachytene, phenacite, phenakite, phenolate, reheating, thebaines, threatens, toxaphene, unearthed, unsheathe, unteaches, unwreathe, urethanes, xanthenes.
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