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Pentane
Pen′tane
,Noun.
[See
Penta-
.] (Chem.)
Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons,
C5H12
, of the methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two of which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbon atoms in the molecule.