What does Methane mean?

Definitions for Methane
ˈmɛθ eɪn; Brit. ˈmi θeɪnmeth·ane

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. methanenoun

    a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel

Wiktionary

  1. methanenoun

    The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH, being a constituent of natural gas.

    Cattle emit a large amount of methane.

  2. methanenoun

    Any of very many derivatives of methane.

  3. Etymology: From methyl + -ane.

Wikipedia

  1. Methane

    Methane (US: MEH-thayn, UK: MEE-thayn) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CH4 (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms). It is a group-14 hydride, the simplest alkane, and the main constituent of natural gas. The relative abundance of methane on Earth makes it an economically attractive fuel, although capturing and storing it poses technical challenges due to its gaseous state under normal conditions for temperature and pressure. Naturally occurring methane is found both below ground and under the seafloor and is formed by both geological and biological processes. The largest reservoir of methane is under the seafloor in the form of methane clathrates. When methane reaches the surface and the atmosphere, it is known as atmospheric methane. The Earth's atmospheric methane concentration has increased by about 150% since 1750, and it accounts for 20% of the total radiative forcing from all of the long-lived and globally mixed greenhouse gases. It has also been detected on other planets, including Mars, which has implications for astrobiology research.

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  1. methane

    Methane is a colorless, odorless, flammable hydrocarbon gas that is the simplest organic compound, consisting of one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms. It is the main constituent of natural gas and is also released by the decay of plant or animal matter. It is considered a greenhouse gas as it can trap heat in the atmosphere, contributing to global warming. Its chemical formula is CH4.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Methanenoun

    a light, colorless, gaseous, inflammable hydrocarbon, CH4; marsh gas. See Marsh gas, under Gas

  2. Etymology: [See Methal.]

Wikidata

  1. Methane

    Methane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CH 4. It is the simplest alkane and the main component of natural gas. The relative abundance of methane makes it an attractive fuel. However, because it is a gas at normal conditions, methane is difficult to transport from its source. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, more potent than carbon dioxide unit per unit. The concentration of methane in the Earth's atmosphere in 1998, expressed as a mole fraction, was 1745 nmol/mol, up from 700 nmol/mol in 1750. By 2008, however, global methane levels, which had stayed mostly flat since 1998, had risen to 1800 nmol/mol.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Methane

    meth′ān, n. marsh-gas, the simplest hydrocarbon, found wherever the decomposition of vegetable matter is taking place under water, also in coal-mines, forming when mixed with air the deadly fire-damp.—n. Methanom′eter.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Methane

    The simplest saturated hydrocarbon. It is a colorless, flammable gas, slightly soluble in water. It is one of the chief constituents of natural gas and is formed in the decomposition of organic matter. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Methane in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Methane in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Methane in a Sentence

  1. Researcher Eric Lebel:

    If someone says they don't use their stove, and so they're not actually emitting any methane, well, that's actually not true because most of the stoves that we measured had at least a slow bleed of methane while they were off.

  2. Lisa DeVille:

    What we do in the next few years will determine what kind of world we have, what kind of world we leave for our children, we must rapidly switch to clean energy, stop fossil fuel carbon pollution, and then methane leaks.

  3. John Stansberry:

    That this material coats only the upper slopes of the peaks suggests methane ice may act like water in Earth's atmosphere, condensing as frost at high altitude.

  4. Rosaly Lopes:

    Titan has an active methane-based hydrologic cycle that has shaped a complex geologic landscape, making its surface one of most geologically diverse in the solar system.

  5. David Schnare:

    They’ve already started to pursue methane pollution, which the industry has been trying to control for a very long time, because that’s their product, the cost of running the drilling equipment, the pipelines and the plants themselves are being tightened.

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