Associations to the word «Methane»

METHANE, noun. (organic compound) (uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH4, being a constituent of natural gas.

METHANE, noun. (organic chemistry) (countable) Any of very many derivatives of methane.

METHANE CLATHRATE, noun. A gas hydrate that contains methane as the guest molecule; it occurs both in deep sedimentary structures, and as outcrops on the ocean floor.

METHANE CLATHRATES, noun. Plural of methane clathrate

METHANE HYDRATE, noun. A gas hydrate that contains methane as the guest molecule; It occurs both in deep sedimentary structures, and as outcrops on the ocean floor.

METHANE HYDRATES, noun. Plural of methane hydrate

METHANE RAIN, noun. Rain, in the form of liquid methane rather than water which falls on Saturn's moon Titan and creates equivalent geographical features (rivers, lakes etc.) as does normal rain.

METHANE, noun. A colorless odorless gas used as a fuel.