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methane
  1. (organic chemistry) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH4, being a constituent of natural gas.
  2. (organic chemistry) Any of very many derivatives of methane.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “And has anyone calculated the effect of methane vented directly to the atmosphere?”
      “In the laboratory the normal method of methane preparation is to combine one part sodium acetate and two parts sodium hydroxide.”
      “The gases, especially carbon dioxide and methane, absorb the Earth's heat radiation and thus warm the surface, just as a blanket traps body heat.”
methal
  1. (organic chemistry) A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series.
methanofuran
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a family of chemical compounds found in methanogenic archaea, featuring a 2-aminomethylfuran linked to a phenoxy group.
methalox
  1. (rocketry) A type of binary rocket fuel composed of liquid oxygen (lox) oxidizer and liquid methane combustible.
methanometer
  1. An instrument, resembling a eudiometer, used to detect the presence and amount of methane, as in coal mines.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Tenders are invited for Supply of Multigas Detector, Toximeter, Methanometer.”
methanobactin
methanotroph
  1. Any bacteria that employs methane as a source of carbon and of energy
methanium
  1. (chemistry) the carbocation, CH5+, derived by the hydrogenation of methane
methanotrophy
  1. (biology) The bacterial use of methane as a source of carbon and of energy
methanation
  1. (organic chemistry) The reaction of hydrogen and carbon monoxide to form methane
methanogenesis
  1. The generation of methane by anaerobic bacteria.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Addition of bromoethanesulphonic acid will allow confirmation of acetogenic activity in the absence of methanogenesis.”
      “In the marine environment, methanogenesis is restricted by competition with anaerobic sulphate-reducing bacteria, which use similar substrates.”
      “Dolomite as a possible product of bacterial methanogenesis is absent in sediments from the Marnes Bleues Formation.”
methanide
  1. A carbide that decomposes in water to produce methane.
methanogen
  1. Any of various archaebacteria capable of methanogenesis.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Among the archaebacteria, the genome that is most similar to yeast at all thresholds is that of the methanogen Methanosarcina mazei.”
      “In this regard, both the phylogeny and function of archaeal selenoproteins are consistent with the argument that the archaeal ancestor was a methanogen.”
      “They've also developed a vaccine injection that produces methanogen antibodies in saliva, which would then travel into the rumen.”
methanes
methanobactins
  1. plural of methanobactin
methanofurans
  1. plural of methanofuran
methanometers
  1. plural of methanometer
methanotrophs
  1. plural of methanotroph
methanations
  1. plural of methanation
methanogens
  1. plural of methanogen
  2. Examples:
    1. “Dog feces naturally contain bacteria called methanogens, which use hydrogen to break down carbon dioxide into microbial food.”
      “Since the discovery that methanogens belong to the Archaea and not to the Bacteria, a number of other archaeal groups have been discovered.”
      “Methane is formed by a unique group of anaerobic bacteria belonging to the Archaea, the methanogens.”
methanides
  1. plural of methanide
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