nonone

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nonone - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nonone \Non"one\, n. [Nonane + -one, suffix denoting the third
     degree of unsaturation.] (Chem.)
     1. Any one of several metameric unsaturated hydrocarbons
        (C9H14) of the valylene series. [archaic?]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Any of several isomeric ketones (C9H18O) conceptually
        derived from nonane by substituting an oxygen for two
        hydrogen atoms on one of the non-terminal carbon atoms.
        [PJC]