Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless, flammable ketone, C4H8O, used in lacquers, paint removers, cements and adhesives, cleaning fluids, and celluloid.
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- noun organic chemistry A simple
aliphatic ketone , CH3CH2COCH3, prepared industrially as asolvent , for use in the manufacture ofpaints etc.
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- noun colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[butan(e) + –one.]
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