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Methane

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Word	Definition
methanolnoun	(organic chemistry) The simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH₃OH; a colourless, toxic, inflammable liquid, used as a solvent, antifreeze, in the chemical industry, and in the preparation of methylated spirit.
diphenylnoun	(organic chemistry) Synonym of biphenyl.
sulphidenoun	A kind of clear marble with a small statuette or figure inside.
gasnoun	(uncountable, physical chemistry) Matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma that can be contained only if it is fully surrounded by a solid (or in a bubble of liquid, or held together by gravitational pull); it can condense into a liquid, or can (rarely) become a solid directly by deposition.
cmmnoun	(engineering) Initialism of coordinate-measuring machine.
ch4noun	Abbreviation of Channel 4.
producingverb	(transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
marsh gasnoun	(chemistry, colloquial) methane
firedampnoun	(mining) A flammable gas (mostly methane) found in coal mines; forms an explosive mixture with air.
methyl hydride	—
natural gasnoun	A mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons associated with petroleum deposits; mostly methane with smaller amounts of ethane, propane and butane; principally used as a fuel.
swamp gasnoun	(literally) Gases emitted from a swamp.
biomethanenoun	A biogas composed mostly of methane.
coal gasnoun	(petrochemistry) The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking etc and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam (gasification); it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; sometimes synonymous with synthesis gas or town gas.
sewer gasnoun	A mixture of toxic and non-toxic gases produced and collected in sewage systems by the decomposition of organic household or industrial wastes.
bog gasnoun	Synonym of swamp gas (“gases emitted from a swamp”).
landfill gas	a mix of different gases created by the action of microorganisms within a landfill as they decompose organic waste, including for example, food waste and paper waste.
biogasnoun	A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, produced by anaerobic digestion of organic waste matter, used as a fuel.
ethanenoun	(organic chemistry, uncountable) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.
propanenoun	(US, synecdochically) LPG.