acetylene
[uh-set-l-een, -in]
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noun Chemistry.
a colorless gas, C2H2, having an etherlike odor, produced usually by the action of water on calcium carbide or by pyrolysis of natural gas: used especially in metal cutting and welding, as an illuminant, and in organic synthesis.
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The acetylene is bought in tanks, and the air compressed by a pump.
The Automobile Storage BatteryO. A. Witte
Only two of them, methane and acetylene, will be discussed here.
An Elementary Study of ChemistryWilliam McPherson
The acetylene formed is disengaged and enters the gasometer.
With a quick motion Kennedy turned off the acetylene and oxygen.
The Silent BulletArthur B. Reeve
Then added: "I've got an acetylene lantern; perhaps we can get a picture."
Wild Animals at HomeErnest Thompson Seton
acetylene
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