diacetinn.
/dʌɪˈasɪtɪn/ Chemistry.
Diacetic glycerin; a liquid with a biting taste, formed by the action of acetic acid upon glycerin, so that two of the three hydrogen atoms are replaced by acetyl. See acetin n.
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1855 H. Watts tr. L. Gmelin Hand-bk. Chem. IX. 426.
1866 E. Frankland Lect. Notes 362 Acetic salts of a triacid alcohol:—Monacetin, Diacetin, Triacetin.
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di-ˈacetonaˌmine n. Chemistry See di- comb. form and acetonamine n.
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diaceˈtonic adj. Chemistry See di- comb. form + acetonic adj.; in diacetonic alcohol, a syrupy liquid 2(CH3)C(OH)·CH2·CO·CH3, obtained by the action of potassium nitrite on diacetonamine.
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