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Definition of: ethane
(eth′ān) noun Chem.
A colorless, odorless, gaseous compound, C2H6, of the paraffin series contained in the gases given off by petroleum and in illuminating gas; an alkane or saturated hydrocarbon of the methane series. [<ETHER]
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