- 1. n. A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime. Source: opted
- 2. n. the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics Source: wordnet
- 3. A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime. Note: The term in also applied to a number of bodies of similar constitution, more frequently called ketones. See Ketone. Source: webster
- 4. A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six ofhydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by thedistillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillationof citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n. the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics Source: ecdict
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