Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

nonus

ninth.]

(Chem.)

One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons

C9H20

of the paraffin series; – so called because of the nine carbon atoms in the molecule.

Normal nonane

is a colorless volatile liquid, an ingredient of ordinary kerosene.

nonane ‎(plural nonanes)

(organic chemistry) Any of vary many isomeric alkanes, of general formula C₉H₂₀, having 9 carbon atoms.

nonane