methane series

Questions about methane series

What does methane series mean?

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

What is another word for methane series?

Close synonyms include alkane 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 methane series a common word?

methane 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.