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HEXANE

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

• HEXANE (noun)

Sense 1

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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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