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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless oily liquid ketone, C6H10O, having a honey-like odor, obtained from acetones and used as a solvent and in lacquers, paints, and varnishes.
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- noun chemistry An α,β-
unsaturated ketone , acolourless volatile liquid with a strongpeppermint odour.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek mesītēs, mediator (from its use as an intermediate in organic synthesis) (from mesos, middle; see meso–) + –yl.]
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