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語源

From clipping of propionic acid + -ane, from French propionique, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró) + πίων (píōn, “fat”). Analyzable as prop- +‎ -ane, borrowing or calque of German Propan.

発音

• enPR: prō'pān' IPA: /ˈpɹoʊpeɪn/

名詞

propane (countable and uncountable, plural propanes)

1. (organic chemistry) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₃H₈, a constituent of natural gas. [from 1867]
   • 1960 April, “Restaurant cars and multiple-units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 222:

     Propane gas is used for cooking and cylinder containers are placed to one side of the underframe, with battery boxes and electrical control boxes at the other side.

2. (US, synecdochically) LPG.

同意語

• E944 when used as a propellant

上位語

• alkane

派生語

参照

• “propane”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “propane”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• on paper