Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of the nine isomers of the saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon C₇H₁₆, obtained from petroleum, especially n-heptane (CH₃(CH₂)₅CH₃)

    Heptan

    гепта́нgeptán

More definitions
  • a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid obtained from petroleum and used as an anesthetic or a solvent or in determining octane ratings

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon: C7H16:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon: C7H16:

Origin

From hept- + -ane.

From hept- + -ane.

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Forms

plural: heptanes
Singularheptane
Pluralheptanes

regular

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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