Synonyms for methane
ˈmɛθ eɪn; Brit. ˈmi θeɪnmeth·ane

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1. methanenoun

   Synonyms:
   carbon tetrahydride, methyl hydride

2. methanenoun

   The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH, being a constituent of natural gas.

   Cattle emit a large amount of methane.

   Synonyms:
   methyl hydride, carbon tetrahydride

3. methanenoun

   Any of very many derivatives of methane.

   Synonyms:
   carbon tetrahydride, methyl hydride

Princeton's WordNet

1. methanenoun

   a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel

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1. • Alkane
   • Gas

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1. List of paraphrases for "methane":

   ch4, cmm

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1. Researcher Eric Lebel:

   If someone says they don't use their stove, and so they're not actually emitting any methane, well, that's actually not true because most of the stoves that we measured had at least a slow bleed of methane while they were off.

2. Lujan Grisham:

   The data we are looking at today strongly suggests we can clean up 80% of the methane problem.

3. Daniel Jacob:

   This has been known for a while, at least in the atmospheric science community, when we observe methane in the air, we find concentrations much higher than one would expect from the EPA inventories.

4. The USGS:

   When hot lava buries plants and shrubs, methane gas is produced as a byproduct of burning vegetation, methane gas can seep into subsurface voids and explode when heated, or as shown in this video, emerge from cracks in the ground several feet away from the lava. When ignited, the methane produces a blue flame.

5. Charles Koven:

   The fastest way that we might mitigate some of the climate change that we're seeing already in the short term is by reducing methane, if we were to reduce methane emissions, The IPCC report would act to offset one of these sources of warming.