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from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or obtained from acetic acid when subjected to the action of heat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, and designating, a substance (acetone) obtained by the distillation of the acetates. It is now called also
pyroacetic ether , and formerly was calledpyroacetic spirit .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete, chemistry of or relating to
acetone (once obtained by heatingacetates )
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