Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, C6H14O2, used in perfumes and as a solvent.
  • noun Any of the class of compounds formed by combination of an aldehyde with two equivalent weights of alcohol.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless mobile liquid, C6H14O2, with an etherlike odor, produced by the imperfect oxidation of alcohol, under the influence of platinum black.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry Any diether of a geminal diol, R2C(OR')2 (where R' does not = H).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[acet(o)– + al(cohol).]

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From acet(ic) + al(cohol).

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Examples

  • Fasteners are available in a broad range of sizes, and in more than 15 different types of materials from steel to brass to stainless steel to aluminum to titanium as well as plastics such as acetal, nylon, PVC and ceramic material.

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  • The same way it works on muscles to make them not contract so the skin doesn't wrinkle, it -- the same substance contains acetal coli (ph) a neurotransmitter -- it actually stops the sweat gland from secreting the fluid.

    CNN Transcript Jul 18, 2005 2005

  • Standard configurations include 2mm diameter screws with leads ranging from 0. 3mm to 2mm per revolution and a variety of nut configurations of self-lubricating acetal and Kerkite® High Performance Composite Polymers.

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  • DuPont Engineering Polymers is boosting prices of nylon standard resins by 20¢/lb on July 1, by 10¢/lb for acetal resins, by 15¢/lb for polyester standard resins and higher-priced adjustments for various specialty resins.

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  • Made of pre-lubricated, non-magnetic black acetal, these drives, identified as the A 6M

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  • A welded D-ring adds strength on the leash clip and acetal hardware keeps the product light and strong.

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  • Standard configurations include 2mm diameter screws with leads ranging from 0.3 to 2mm per revolution and a variety of nut configurations of self-lubricating acetal and Kerkite

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  • Standard configurations include 2mm diameter screws with leads ranging from 0. 3mm to 2mm per revolution and a variety of nut configurations of self-lubricating acetal and Kerkite® High Performance Composite Polymers.

    PRWeb - Daily News Feed 2010

  • Standard configurations include 2mm diameter screws with leads ranging from 0. 3mm to 2mm per revolution and a variety of nut configurations of self-lubricating acetal and Kerkite® High Performance Composite Polymers.

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  • Phenylacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal 101-48-4 2876 200 kg 103 248 Phenylethyl acetate

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