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noun
Chemistry
.
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C
5
H
10
O
4
: used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
Also called
glyceryl monoacetate
,
monacetin
,
monoacetin.
Origin:
1870–75;
acet-
+
-in
2
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