Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: device (Noun). Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. There are a number of household devices in a kitchen such as a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, or an electric can opener.
1. heptane-a colorless volatile highly flammable liquid obtained from petroleum and used as an anesthetic or a solvent or in determining octane ratings. alkane, alkane series, methane series, paraffin series, paraffin-a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2). 1  Facebook.
Hexane /ËhÉkseÉªn/ is an alkane of six carbon atoms, with the chemical formula C 6 H 14. typical laboratory use of hexanes is to extract oil and grease contaminants from water and soil for analysis. Since hexane cannot be easily deprotonated, it is used in the laboratory for reactions that involve very strong bases, such as the preparation of organolithiums.