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butane

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noun/ˈbjuːteɪn/
  1. 1

    A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C₄H₁₀, n-butane and 2-methylpropane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.countableuncountable

  2. 2

    The n-butane isomer only.uncountable

syn. E943a

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