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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless ketone, (C11H23)2CO, prepared by the distillation of calcium laurate. It is a homologue of acetone, crystallizes in plates, and melts at 69° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) The ketone of lauric acid.
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- noun chemistry The
ketone oflauric acid .
Etymologies
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Lauric + -one
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