Acetylene : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Acetylene	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acetylene n a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis Synonym(s): acetylene, ethyne, alkyne
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Acetylene \Acet"ylene\, n. (Chem.) A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant. --Watts.