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HEXANE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hexane mean?
• HEXANE (noun)
The noun HEXANE has 1 sense:
1. a colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent
Familiarity information: HEXANE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("hexane" is a kind of...):
alkane; alkane series; methane series; paraffin; paraffin series (a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2))
dissolvent; dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)
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