Acetylene

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  • noun. A colorless, highly flammable or explosive gas, C2H2, used for metal welding and cutting and as an illuminant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A colorless gas, C2H2, which has a characteristic and very unpleasant odor, and burns with a luminous smoky flame.
  • noun. This gas, C2H2, prepared by the action of water on calcium carbide, is now largely used as an illuminant and to increase the illuminating value of coal-gas and water-gas of poor quality.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
  • noun. Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odour, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding or metallurgy.
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  • noun. a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    aliphatic compound  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    polyacetylene  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    benzene  butane  chlorine  cyanide  ethane  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ethyne  
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