butane
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Derived from the same stem as the foul-smelling carboxylic acid liberated in rancid butter, butyric acid + -ane.
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butane (countable and uncountable; plural butanes)
- (organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10 n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
- (organic chemistry, uncountable) The n-butane isomer only.
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- E943a (when used as a propellant)
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the organic compound