acetylene

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See also: acétylène

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from French acétylène, coined by French chemist Marcellin Berthelot, from acetyl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈsɛtəlˌin/
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Noun

acetylene (countable and uncountable, plural acetylenes)

  2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
    • 1951 April, “Notes and News: Improvements at Kyle of Lochalsh”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 281:
      The acetylene gas lighting in the station offices and platforms at Kyle of Lochalsh recently has been replaced by electric lighting.
  4. (organic chemistry, uncountable) Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odourless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy.
  6. A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.
    • 1908, Upton Sinclair, The Metropolis, New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, page 69:
      Mrs. Winnie had kindly sent her limousine car for them, and it stood throbbing in front of the hotel-entrance, its acetylenes streaming far up the street.

Synonyms

Chemical Structure of acetylene

Derived terms

|acetylenediol |acetylene torch |acetylenation |cyanoacetylene |diacetylene |dicyanoacetylene |methylacetylene |oxyacetylene |polyacetylene |terminal acetylene}}

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Translations

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asɛˈtyːlənə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ənə
  • Hyphenation: a‧ce‧ty‧le‧ne

Noun

acetylene n

  1. definite plural of acetyl
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