adjective, noun, pronoun Chiefly Scot.
- one.
Chemistry.
- a suffix used in names of hydrocarbons of the methane or paraffin series: propane.
determiner, pronoun, noun
- a Scottish word for one
suffix forming nouns
- indicating an alkane hydrocarbonhexane
word-forming element in chemical use, indicating a chain of carbon atoms with no double bonds, proposed 1866 by German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892) to go with -ene, -ine (2), -one.
suff.
- A saturated hydrocarbon:hexane.
- A suffix used to form the names of saturated hydrocarbons, such as ethane. The suffix is shortened to -an- before other suffixes to indicate compounds derived from saturated hydrocarbons, as in ethanol.