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Meaning Of Heptane
n.
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.