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ke⋅tone

  [kee-tohn]
–noun Chemistry.
1. any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH3COCH3 or CH3COC2H5.
–adjective
2. containing the ketone group.
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Origin:
1850–55; < G Keton, aph. alter. of Aceton acetone

Related forms:
ke⋅ton⋅ic  [ki-ton-ik] , adjective
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ke·tone   (kē'tōn')   
n.  Any of a class of organic compounds, such as acetone, having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals and having the general formula R(CO)R', where R may be the same as R'.

[German Keton, shortening and alteration of Aceton, acetone : Latin acētum, vinegar; see acetum + German -on, n. suff. (alteration of -en, from Greek -ēnē).]
ke·ton'ic (-tŏn'ĭk) adj.
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ketone 
1851, "group of chemicals containing CH," from Ger. keton, coined in 1848 by Ger. chemist Leopold Gmelin (1788-1853) from Ger. Aketon, from Fr. acétone (see acetone).
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Main Entry: ke·tone
Pronunciation: 'kE-"tOn
Function: noun
: an organic compound (as acetone) with a carbonyl group attached to two carbon atoms
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ketone ke·tone (kē'tōn')
n.
Any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals.

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ketone   (kē'tōn')  Pronunciation Key 
Any of a class of organic compounds having the general formula RCOR', where R and R' are hydrocarbon radicals that are both attached to the carbon atom of the carbonyl (CO) group. Acetone is a ketone.
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