ketonic

[kee-tohn]

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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Ketonic is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

Origin:
1850–55; < German Keton, aphetic alteration of Aceton acetone

ke·ton·ic [ki-ton-ik] , adjective
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ketone (ˈkiːtəʊn)
 
n
See also acetone any of a class of compounds with the general formula R′COR, where R and R′ are alkyl or aryl groups
 
[C19: from German Keton, from Aketonacetone]
 
ketonic
 
adj

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