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acetone Chem.|ˈæsɪtəʊn|
[f. acetic) + Gr. -ωνη female descendant; see -one.]
A colourless limpid liquid related to acetic acid, but containing less oxygen; pyro-acetic spirit. It is the acetic member of the ketones, or ketone of the acetic series, and is also called dimethyl ketone, CO(CH3)2. Now widely used as an organic solvent and in the preparation of chloroform, etc.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 14 Acetone, the new chemical name of pyro-acetic spirit. 1858Thudichum The Urine 314 Acetone is a colourless thin liquid. 1873Williamson Chem. 289 Acetone is a neutral liquid of an agreeable odour. 1875Ure Dict. Arts I. 15 s.v. Acetimetry, The acetate of silver gives no acetone; whilst those of the alkaline earths yield chiefly acetone or marsh gas. 1876tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 577 Acetone..is produced according to some in the stomach and intestines, according to others in the liver and thence is carried into the blood. 1877Fownes Man. Chem. II. 261 Acetone is very inflammable and burns with a bright flame. 1922Chambers's Encycl. I. 33/2 Acetone..is a solvent for gums and resins. 1957V. J. Kehoe Technique Film & T.V. Make-Up iii. 31 Acetone, solvent used for cleaning spirit gum out of net and gauze hair goods and for various sealers. 1958Everyman's Encycl. (ed. 4) 47/2 Acetone (CH3·CO·CH3), or Dimethyl Ketone..is miscible with water, alcohol, and ether in all proportions... It is also used in the preparation of..chloroform, iodoform, and viscose rayon.
attrib.1928A. B. Callow Food & Health ii. 21 In the absence of carbohydrates ‘acetone bodies’ are produced which give rise to biliousness. 1951Gloss. Terms Plastics Industry (B.S.I.) 8 Acetone resin, a synthetic resin formed by the reaction of acetone with another compound, such as phenol or formaldehyde. 1961Brit. Med. Dict. 12/2 Acetone bodies, aliphatic ketones and hydroxy ketones found in the blood and urine of severe diabetics as the result of the incomplete breakdown of fatty and amino acids, a condition known as ketosis. |