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English

methane

From methyl + -ane.

Formed from methyl + -ane

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη ‘wood’

German Methyl

English methyl

Today it means

noun The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.

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