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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)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin
History
From hept- + -ane.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
