acetone
See also: acétone
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.sə.toʊn/
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Noun
acetone (countable and uncountable, plural acetones)
- (organic chemistry) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent.
- Synonyms: propanone, propan-2-one, dimethyl ketone
- 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 81:
- You open the salon door and the acetone from yesterday’s manicures immediately stings my nostrils.
Derived terms
- acetonaemia
- acetonemia
- acetone oil
- acetone peroxide
- acetonic
- acetonide
- acetonuria
- acetonyl
- acetylacetone
- aminoacetone
- benzylideneacetone
- bromoacetone
- chloroacetone
- diacetone
- hexabromoacetone
- hexachloroacetone
- hexafluoroacetone
- iodoacetone
- isopropylacetone
- metacetone
- monoacetone
- phenoxyacetone
- phenylacetone
- succinylacetone
- thioacetone
- triacetone
- trithioacetone
- vanillylacetone
Translations
the organic compound (CH3)2CO
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References
acetone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “acetone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /asətoːnə/, [asəˈtˢoːnə]
Noun
acetone c (singular definite acetonen, not used in plural form)
- (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent)
Further reading
- acetone on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- “acetone” in Den Danske Ordbog
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.t͡ʃeˈto.ne/
- Rhymes: -one
- Hyphenation: a‧ce‧tó‧ne
Noun
acetone m (plural acetoni)
- (organic chemistry) acetone (a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent)
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