Hypertext Webster Gateway: "acetone"
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) 1.7 (wn)
acetone
n : the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used
as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics
[syn: {propanone}, {dimethyl ketone}]
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