isobutane

[ ahy-suh-byoo-teyn, -byoo-teyn ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a colorless, flammable gas, C4H10, used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.

Origin of isobutane

1
First recorded in 1875–80; iso- + butane

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