Hexane

Definition: Hexane

Hexane

Noun

1. A colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent.

Etymology: Hexane \Hex"ane\, noun. [from Greek expression "e`x six.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Hexane

Domain	Definitions
Chemistry	The sixth member of the paraffin series which exists in five isomeric forms. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Hexane

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hexane is an chemical compound with empirical formula C₆H₁₄, the "hex" thus referring to its six carbons. It is a hydrocarbon structure, an alkane with many possible structural formulae. It is largely unreactive. Hexanes are common ingredients in gasoline.

Hexane can exist in ring form. However, a more common six-carbon ring form is benzene.

Since it is an alkane, its presence can be told apart from alkenes since it does not discolour bromine water.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hexane."

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Crosswords: Hexane

English words defined with "hexane": Dipropyl ♦ gas, gasolene, gasoline ♦ Hexoic, Hexyl, Hexylic ♦ Mannite, methane series ♦ petrol. (references)

Specialty definitions using "hexane": Hexanes ♦ shoemaker's paralysis. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Hexane

"Hexane" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hexane" is used about 28 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%	28	65,706

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Expressions: Hexane

Expression using "hexane": hydroxy hexane. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "hexane": cyclo-hexane, n-hexane.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hexane

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
hexane	44
n hexane	9
hexane isomers	9
hexane msds	8
density hexane	4
hexane properties	3
free hexane soy	2
boiling hexane point	2
charmed gallery hexane photo	2
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Modern Translations: Hexane

Language		Translations for "hexane"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		hexan. (various references)

Dutch		hexaan. (various references)

Finnish		heksaani. (various references)

French		hexane. (various references)

German		Hexan. (various references)

Greek		εξάνιο. (various references)

Italian		esano. (various references)

Korean		� �초� � (herbicide). (various references)

Pig Latin		exanehay

Portuguese		hexano. (various references)

Russian		гексан. (various references)

Spanish		hexano. (various references)

Swedish		hexan. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Hexane

Derivations
	Words beginning with "hexane": hexanes. (additional references)
	Words ending with "hexane": cyclohexane. (additional references)
	Words containing "hexane": cyclohexanes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Hexane" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chedanne, exane, exine, Haqani, Hasani, Heagney, heana, Heane, Heanue, heian, hexano, hexanoic, hexen, hexin, hexon, hoane, Hoxja, Hytane. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Hexane"

Words rhyming with "hexane" (pronounced 'Hex"ane'): Chlormethane, Decane, Ethane, Malamethane, Nitromethane, Nonane, Nondecane, Oxamethane, Pentadecane, Tetradecane, Tridecane, Zincane. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Hexane

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-n-x"
	-2 letters: haen.
	-3 letters: ane, axe, hae, hen, hex, nae, nah, nee.
	-4 letters: ae, ah, an, ax, eh, en, ex, ha, he, na, ne.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-n-x"
	+1 letter: hexanes.
	+2 letters: exanthem, exchange, exhalent, hexamine, xanthene.
	+3 letters: exanthema, exanthems, exchanged, exchanger, exchanges, exhalents, hexamines, narthexes, toxaphene, xanthenes.
	+4 letters: anthelixes, cephalexin, exanthemas, exchangers, hexahedron, hexokinase, toxaphenes.
	+5 letters: cephalexins, cyclohexane, exanthemata, heteroauxin, hexahedrons, hexokinases.
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