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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A white crystalline solid, CH3CO.NH2, produced by distilling ammonium acetate, or by heating ethyl acetate with strong aqueous ammonia. It combines with both acids and metals to form unstable compounds.

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  • noun obsolete Alternative spelling of acetamide.

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