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7 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel
originFrom clipping of propionic acid + -ane, from French propionique, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró) + πίων (píōn, “fat”). Analyzable as prop- + -ane, borrowing or calque of German Propan.
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