Hyphenation of alkane

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word alkane? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

alka-ne

Definitions of alkane:

1.	A series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

Synonyms of alkane:

noun	methane series, alkane series, paraffin, aliphatic compound

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