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1. {{n-g|Variant of}} {{l|en|-an}}, {{n-g|usually with differentiation ({{m|en|germane}}, {{m|en|humane}}, {{m|en|urbane}}), but sometimes alone ({{m|en|mundane}}).}}<ref>"-ane" in ''The concise Oxford dictionary of current English'', Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1919.</ref>
2. {{senseid|en|chemistry}} {{lb|en|organic compound}} A [[saturated]] [[hydrocarbon]]; an [[alkane]].
3. {{lb|en|inorganic compound}} A simple [[binary compound]] of [[hydrogen]] and a [[nonmetal]] or [[metalloid]].

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