Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Heptane \Hep"tane\, n. [Gr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.)
   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.