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2 definitions found 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: acetone n : a highly inflammable liquid ketone widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics [syn: {propanone}]
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