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acetone

ac·e·tone [ ˈa-sə-ˌtōn]

acetone

noun

[ˈa-sə-ˌtōn]

Definition of acetone

: a volatile fragrant flammable liquid ketone C₃H₆O used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis and found in abnormal quantities in diabetic urine

Other Words from acetone

acetonic \ ˌa-sə-ˈtä-nik \ adjective

Recent Examples on the Web

//Additional testing found detectable levels of propanol, acetone, dichlorodifluoromethane, chloromethane, naphthalene in the air as well.
— Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, "Frustrated by months of silence, leaders to hold meeting on Winton Terrace air quality," 12 Dec. 2018
//That process also produces some chemical by-products called ketones, including acetone — a.k.a.
— Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, "Why the Keto Diet Gives You Bad Breath, According to a Nutritionist," 29 Nov. 2018
//Police say a deliveryman, Jorge Luis Dupre Lachazo, 21, of Hialeah, killed her by hitting her on the head with a wooden mallet and setting her on fire with acetone.
— Tonya Alanez, sun-sentinel.com, "Furniture deliveryman accused of sexual assault on customer," 6 Sep. 2019
//In the kitchen, a can of acetone was found near the stove, which had been pulled away from the wall.
— Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, "A deadly delivery: 75-year-old woman bashed with mallet and set on fire," 21 Aug. 2019
//The police report stated that responding officers found an open container of acetone in the kitchen, where the stove was pulled away from the wall.
— Doha Madani, NBC News, "Florida delivery man allegedly attacks elderly woman with mallet, sets her on fire," 20 Aug. 2019
//Solutions of synthetic polymers, such as polyvinyl acetate, in acetone or ethanol, are used for this purpose.
— Hans-dieter Sues, Smithsonian, "How to Discover Dinosaurs," 3 Sep. 2019
//The woman was rushed to the hospital Monday morning with severe head trauma, bleeding in her brain and second- and third-degree burns after she was hit on the head with a wooden mallet, doused with acetone and set on fire, the Sun-Sentinel reported.
— Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, "Florida woman, 75, dies after attack by driver delivering Best Buy washer and dryer, police say," 20 Aug. 2019
//That fin drove a metal rod into a glass plate, releasing corrosive acetone that dissolves celluloid discs, according to Smithsonian Magazine.
— The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "Massive blast leaves crater in German barley field," 25 June 2019

First Known Use of acetone

1837, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for acetone

borrowed from French acétone, from (esprit pyro-)acétique, literally, "pyro-acetic spirit," an earlier name for acetone + -one -one

Dictionary Entries near acetone

More Definitions foracetone

acetone

noun

ac·e·tone | \ ˈas-ə-ˌtōn \

Medical Definition of acetone

: a volatile fragrant flammable liquid ketone C₃H₆O used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis and found in abnormal quantities in diabetic urine

— called also propanone