noun Chemistry.
a colorless gas, C2H2, having an etherlike odor, produced usually by the action of water on calcium carbide or by pyrolysis of natural gas: used especially in metal cutting and welding, as an illuminant, and in organic synthesis.
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| acetylene (əˈsɛtɪˌliːn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Systematic name: ethyne a colourless flammable gas used in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in cutting and welding metals. Formula: C2H2 |
| 2. | a. another name for alkyne |
| b. (as modifier): acetylene series | |
| acetylenic | |
| —adj | |
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