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English Dictionary: Acetone by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acetone
n
  1. the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics
    Synonym(s): acetone, propanone, dimethyl ketone
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Acetone \Ac"e*tone\, n. [See {Acetic}.] (Chem.)
      A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of
      hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained
      by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the
      destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or
      gum, with quicklime.
  
      Note: The term in also applied to a number of bodies of
               similar constitution, more frequently called ketones.
               See {Ketone}.
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