metacetone

See also: métacétone

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ acetone, because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone.

Noun

metacetone (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) C6H10O, a colourless liquid obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for metacetone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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