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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Four-heptanone or dipropylketone, (C3H7)2CO. It is prepared by the distillation of calcium butyrate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.
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- noun organic chemistry A
liquid ketone obtained byheating calcium butyrate .
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butyric + -one
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