Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ethane

1 sense of ethane

Sense 1
ethane, C2H6 -- (a colorless odorless alkane gas used as fuel)
       => methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin -- (a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2))
       => hydrocarbon -- (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)