me Thaneとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mēth'ān IPA: /ˈmiːθeɪn/
• (米国発音, Canada) enPR: mĕth'ān, IPA: /ˈmɛθeɪn/
• 韻: -ɛθeɪn

名詞

methane (countable and uncountable, plural methanes)

1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.

   Synonyms: (appears in some chemistry literature) methyl hydride, (rare, systematic name) carbon tetrahydride

   Hypernym: greenhouse gas

   Cattle emit a large amount of methane.

   • 2020 April 7, John Fialka, “As CO₂ Emissions Drop During Pandemic, Methane May Rise”, in Scientific American‎:

     Methane, an invisible, odorless gas that makes up more than 95% of natural gas fuel, can be as much as 80 times more potent as a global warmer per given unit than CO₂, which is more plentiful in the atmosphere. While there are less emissions than CO₂, methane lasts around 12 years, while CO₂ lingers for centuries.

2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any of very many derivatives of methane.

派生語

派生した語

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੀਥੇਨ (mīthen)

  Shahmukhi script: میتھین (mīthen)

参照

Further reading

• methane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• meaneth