hexane : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hexane	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hexane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hexane n a colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hexane \Hex"ane\, n. [Gr. "e`x six.] (Chem.) Any one of five hydrocarbons, {C6H14}, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms.