Found 2 items, similar to Acetone.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: acetone acetone n : the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics [syn: propanone, dimethyl ketone]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Acetone Acetone \Ac"e*tone\, n. [See Acetic.] (Chem.) 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. [1913 Webster] Note: The term in also applied to a number of bodies of similar constitution, more frequently called ketones. See Ketone. [1913 Webster]