alkane series

Questions about alkane series

What does alkane series mean?

alkane series means "a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)".

What is another word for alkane series?

Close synonyms include methane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alkane series a common word?

alkane series is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.