Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An oily liquid, CH3.CO.C(CH3)3 or dimethylbutanone, made by distilling pinacone with dilute sulphuric acid, by the dry distillation of calcium isobutyrate, and in other ways. It has an odor like peppermint, and boils at 106° C.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone; hence, by extension, any one of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun chemistry A colourless oily liquid related to the ketones, and obtained by the decomposition of pinacone.
  • noun chemistry, by extension Any of the series of which pinacolin proper is the type.

Etymologies

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pinacone + Latin oleum oil + -in.

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