a yellow, water-soluble liquid, C4H6O2, occurring in butter and in certain essential oils, as bay, and also synthesized: used chiefly to augment the flavor and odor of vinegar, coffee, and other foods
Also: diacetyl
Word origin
[bi-1 + acetyl]bi- is a combining form meaning “twice,” “two,” used in the formation of compound words.Other words that use the affix bi- include: biceps, bilabial, bilingual, bivalent, bivalve
Examples of 'biacetyl' in a sentence
biacetyl
The sensitization of biacetyl by several aromatic donors has been investigated in detail.
Fuat Bayrakceken, Korkut Yegin, Erdal Korkmaz, Yakup Bakis, Bayram Unal 2012, 'Optical Energy Transfer Mechanisms: From Naphthalene to Biacetyl in Liquids and fromPyrazine to Biacetyl', International Journal of Photoenergyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/239027. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)