oxyacetylene

American  

[ok-see-uh-set-l-een, -in] / ˌɒk si əˈsɛt lˌin, -ɪn /

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and acetylene.

   an oxyacetylene torch.

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noun

1. a mixture of oxygen and acetylene, used in a blowtorch for cutting steel plates or the like.

oxyacetylene British  

/ ˌɒksɪəˈsɛtɪˌliːn /

noun

1. 1. a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used in a blowpipe for cutting or welding metals at high temperatures

   2. ( as modifier )

      an oxyacetylene burner

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Etymology

Origin of oxyacetylene

First recorded in 1905–10; oxy- ² + acetylene

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Example Sentences

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oxyacetylene

If real world physics apply here, Viserion’s blue flame may be comparable to that of oxyacetylene torches, which would make his fire far hotter than Drogon’s or Rhaegal’s.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2017

No. 10 Purdue Boilermakers Boilermakers are industrial craftsmen who wear fireproof suits and wield oxyacetylene torches capable of welding plates of metal.

From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2012

Driving vans, they transported their equipment, including six torches, 27 oxyacetylene bottles and several heavy hydraulic jacks, to Nice's Palais des Expositions, roughly a mile from the Place Massena, the town center.

From Time Magazine Archive

For three hours a safe expert knifed the steel door with an oxyacetylene torch, at last swung it open Potent though the raid had been, the $84.500 was intact.

From Time Magazine Archive

He might have used thermit or an oxyacetylene blowpipe for all I would care.

From The War Terror by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve

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