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pyrone

[ pahy-rohn, pahy-rohn ]
/ ˈpaɪ roʊn, paɪˈroʊn /
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noun Chemistry.
either of two heterocyclic ketones having the formula C5H4O2.
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Origin of pyrone

First recorded in 1890–95; pyr- + -one

Words nearby pyrone

pyrometer, pyrometric bead, pyrometric cone, pyromorphite, pyromucic aldehyde, pyrone, pyronine, pyrope, pyrophobia, pyrophoric, pyrophosphate
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British Dictionary definitions for pyrone

pyrone
/ (ˈpaɪrəʊn, paɪˈrəʊn) /
noun
either of two heterocyclic compounds that have a ring containing five carbon atoms and one oxygen atom with two double bonds and a second oxygen atom attached to a carbon atom in either the ortho -position (alpha pyrone) or the para -position (gamma pyrone)
any one of a class of compounds that are substituted derivatives of a pyrone
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