alkane alkamine • alkanet · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · alkane · · Text Latin · · Script 6 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2). Synonyms: methane series, alkane series, paraffin series, paraffin. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · methane series · · Synonym 1 alkane series · · Synonym 2 paraffin series · · Synonym 3 paraffin · · Synonym 4 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 k latin small letter k U+006B l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E