Complete Definition of "acetylene"

see|acétylène
English

Etymology
From term|acetyl + term|-ene.

Pronunciation
IPA|/� �s�t �l �in/
audio|en-us-acetylene.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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  1. organic chemistry Any organic compound having one or more carbon-carbon triple bond; an alkyne.
  2. organic compound ethyne|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.

Image:Acetylene.png|frame|right|Chemical Structure of Acetylene

Synonyms
sense|IUPAC name ethyne

Translations
trans-top|acetylene
Albanian: t|sq|acetilen
Chinese: ��
Dutch: acetyleen n
Esperanto: acetileno
Finnish: asetyleeni
French: acétylène
German: Acetylen n
Indonesian: asetilen
Interlingua: acetylen
Italian: acetilene
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Japanese: ����� (asechiren)
Polish: acetylen m
Portuguese: acetileno
Spanish: acetileno m
Swedish: acetylen n
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Derived terms
acetylene black
acetylene torch
polyacetylene

Related terms
acetylide

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