Usually means: Hydrocarbons with single covalent bonds.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. alkane: Merriam-Webster
  2. alkane: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alkane: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. alkane: Collins English Dictionary
  5. alkane: Vocabulary.com
  6. Alkane, alkane: Wordnik
  7. alkane: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. alkane: Wiktionary
  9. alkane: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. alkane: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. alkane: Dictionary.com
  12. Alkane: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. alkane: Rhymezone
  14. alkane: FreeDictionary.org
  15. alkane: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. alkane: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. alkane: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alkane: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. alkane: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. alkane: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Alkane: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  2. Alkane: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary

(Note: See alkanes as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (alkane)

noun:  (organic chemistry) Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).

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