An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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ethane
  اتان  
etân (#)
Fr.: éthane  

A colorless, odorless → hydrocarbon, C2H6, which occurs with → methane in natural gas.

See also: From eth-, from → ethyl, + -ane a suffix used in names of hydrocarbons of the methane or paraffin series.