Heptane

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  • noun. Any of several isomeric, volatile, colorless, highly flammable liquid hydrocarbons, C7H16, obtained in the fractional distillation of petroleum and used as solvents. The straight-chain isomer is also used as a standard in determining octane ratings and as an anesthetic.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A paraffin having the formula C7H16.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any one of several isometric hydrocarbons, C7H16, of the paraffin series (nine are possible, four are known); -- so called because the molecule has seven carbon atoms. Specifically, a colorless liquid, found as a constituent of petroleum, in the tar oil of cannel coal, etc.
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  • noun. Any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C7H16, obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (CH3(CH2)5CH3)
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  • noun. a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid obtained from petroleum and used as an anesthetic or a solvent or in determining octane ratings
    • Word Usage
    "It is pure heptane which is the 2nd ingredient in rubber cement."
    Form
    cycloheptane  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    alkane  alkane series  methane series  paraffin  paraffin series  
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