acetophenone

[ uh-see-toh-fuh-nohn, as-i-toh- ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a colorless liquid, C8H8O, having a sweet odor: used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfume.

Origin of acetophenone

1
First recorded in 1870–75; aceto- + phen(o)- + -one

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