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acetylene

/əˈsɛtəlˌin/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
acety-lene
IPA
/əˈsɛtəlˌin/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.

Countable

noun

Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odourless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy.

Uncountable

noun

A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French acétylène, coined by French chemist Marcellin Berthelot, from acetyl + -ene.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

acetylenes (plural)

Derived Forms

acetylenation acetylenediol acetylenic conylene crotonylene cyanoacetylene diacetylene dicyanoacetylene diiodoacetylene diphenylacetylene haloacetylene methylacetylene

Phrases

acetylene black acetylene torch terminal acetylene

Frequently Paired Words

acetylide

Synonyms

ethyne alkyne

Rhymes With

polyacetylene

Questions

How do you pronounce acetylene?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈsɛtəlˌin/.
What does acetylene mean?
Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
Where does acetylene come from?
It is traced to French.

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