Acetylene

/əˈsɛtəlˌin/

Synonyms for "acetylene" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)

Strong matches (5)

Related words (7)

Noun(2 words)
ethyne gasgas-fueled

Related word relations

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More general

10 entries
aliphatic compoundchemical compoundchemical descriptorchemical termdescriptorequipment descriptorgashydrocarbonmaterial descriptortool descriptor

More specific

7 entries
acetylene lampacetylene torchacetylene welding rigacetylenic compoundacetylenic gasacetylenic hydrocarbonacetylenic polymer

Collocations

6 entries
acetylene flameacetylene gasacetylene lampacetylene torchacetylene weldingcalcium carbide

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I don't always have access to electricity, so I use a portable acetylene torch for welding.

Source: tatoeba (11125396)

Thankfully, electrical lighting has virtually eliminated the need for acetylene headlamps.

Source: tatoeba (11125410)

Cassini's atmospheric sensing instruments have revealed other carbon compounds, too, such as benzene and acetylene.

Source: tatoeba (11269087)

The acetylene gas lighting in the station offices and platforms at Kyle of Lochalsh recently has been replaced by electric lighting.

Source: wiktionary

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