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alkanofer en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. German Alk(ohol) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Alkyl German alk- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānusder. German -an German Alkanbor. English alkane Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós Proto-Italic *-foros Latin -ferder. English -fer English alkanofer From alkane + -o- (linking vowel) + -fer.

Meanings

1. A subsurface reservoir of liquid hydrocarbons
   • In order to explain this apparent ethane deficiency, we explore the possibility that Ligeia Mare is the visible part of an alkanofer that interacted with an underlying clathrate layer and investigate the influence of this interaction on an assumed initial ethane-methane mixture in the liquid phase. 2015, Olivier Mousis, Jonathan I. Lunine, Alexander G. Hayes, Jason D. Hofgartner, “The fate of ethane in Titan's hydrocarbon lakes and seas”, in arXiv:

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