ACETONE

acetone, propanone, dimethyl ketone

(noun) the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

acetone (countable and uncountable, plural acetones)

(organic compound) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent.

Synonyms: propanone, propan-2-one, dimethyl ketone

Anagrams

• enoteca

Source: Wiktionary


Ac"e*tone, n. Etym: [See Acetic.] (Chem.)

Definition: A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.

Note: The term in also applied to a number of bodies of similar constitution, more frequently called ketones. See Ketone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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