Hypertext Webster Gateway: "butane"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Butane \Bu"tane\, n. [L. butyrum butter. See {Butter}.] (Chem.)
An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas,
or paraffin, series.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
butane
n : occurs in natural gas; used in the manufacture of rubber and
fuels
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