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methane

meth.ane \'meth-.a-n\ n [ISV] : a colorless odorless flammable gaseous 
   hydrocarbon CH4 that is a p roduct of decompositon of organic matter in 
   marshes and mines or of the carbonization of coal and is used as a fuel and 
   as a raw material in chemical synthesis