methane
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- noun
- /ˈmɛθeɪn/
:
metano
- We're not exploring alternative fuels like methane.
- methane emissions
- methane gas
- methane from landfills
Like that happens when we, when we harvest methane on land.
- Like that happens when we, when we harvest methane on land.
- Well, actually most of the methane on Earth comes from cow farts.
- All these hydrogen powered plants can also be run on methane AK natural gas.
- It's called Titan, and that liquid is methane and Ethan.
- But we do have plenty of methane hydrates.
- Wait, so how would the methane hydrate leave no trace if it destroyed like a ship?
- The biggest source of methane here on Earth is flatulent cows.
- There are techniques, not great techniques, but there are techniques that can measure methane emissions, methane leakage.
- So liquid methane rivers and liquid ethane lakes and vice versa.
- You eliminate nitrous oxide from manure decomposition and you eliminate methane from ruminant digestion.
- So it's not really circulating in the same way that the methane from a cow is being burped out.
Examples
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The atmosphere contains a high concentration of methane, carbon monoxide, and fluorine.
Fiction book (1994) -
All these hydrogen powered plants can also be run on methane AK natural gas.
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Natural gas is needed both for the methane and as a source of heat for the process.
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Because like I said, methane is a greenhouse gas.
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But we do have plenty of methane hydrates.
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Atmospheric measurements indicate that methane is increasing by about 1.0 percent per year.
Academic text (1992) -
It is possible that some of the methane was produced by organisms as it is here on Earth.
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Cool technology like that we'll begin to use in our rulemaking to reduce methane and help reduce that climate pollution.
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The temperature is so low that methane that's on that moon has liquefied.
Synonyms
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A gas that forms in swamps when plants rot and can burn
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of simple molecules made only of carbon and hydrogen, starting with methane
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
methane = methyl (opaque) = meth + ane
Although formed by the chemical combination 'methyl' + '-ane', these are technical morphemes unfamiliar to general learners, so the meaning is not derivable without chemistry knowledge.
Etymology
The word methane comes from the chemical name methyl, which goes back to the Greek methy meaning 'wine', because early chemists found these small chemicals in fermented liquids. So methane is the simple, flammable gas made of carbon and hydrogen and is the main part of natural gas.