Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Nonane \Non"ane\, n. [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.