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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Acetylene \A*cet"y*lene\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: acetylene n : a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis [syn: {ethyne}]
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