Ane Definition

ān
noun
One.
American Heritage
suffix
A saturated hydrocarbon.
Hexane.
American Heritage

(organic chemistry) A saturated hydrocarbon; an alkane.

Wiktionary

(chemistry) A simple binary compound of hydrogen and a nonmetal or metalloid.

Wiktionary
adjective
One.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
affix
An alkane.
Methane, ethane.
Webster's New World
Any of certain cyclic compounds.
Cyclohexane.
Webster's New World

Origin of Ane

  • Variant of –ene –ine and –one

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English ān an1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • arbitrary formation

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

Ane Sentence Examples

  • The enemy wate nocht of ane of thai na wald nocht ane of thaim; Irland Asl.

  • Gif they be twenty he shall take ane; 1620 Jedburgh B. Rec.

  • As we ly thus, so sall ʒ e ly ilk ane; Henr.

  • The king himselff wes intill ane 475 And Schyr James off Douglas Into the tother party was.

  • Gif I be brunt at this tyme thair sall ane hunder ryse in the asse of my bones; Pitsc.

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