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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ketone \Ke"tone\ (k[=e]"t[=o]n), n. [Cf. {Acetone}.] (Chem.) One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids and consisting of carbonyl ({CO}) united with two hydrocarbon radicals. In general the ketones are colorless volatile liquids having a pungent ethereal odor. Note: The ketones are named by adding the suffix-one to the stems of the organic acids from which they are respectively derived; thus acetic acid gives acetone; butyric acid, butyrone, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ketone n : any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals
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