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Acetylene
//əˈsɛtəlˌin// noun
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Noun
- 1 Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne. countable
"The acetylene gas lighting in the station offices and platforms at Kyle of Lochalsh recently has been replaced by electric lighting."
- 2 a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis wordnet
- 3 Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odourless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy. uncountable
- 4 A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight. countable, uncountable
"Mrs. Winnie had kindly sent her limousine car for them, and it stood throbbing in front of the hotel-entrance, its acetylenes streaming far up the street."
Etymology
Borrowed from French acétylène, coined by French chemist Marcellin Berthelot, from acetyl + -ene.
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