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acetylene

/əˈsɛtəlˌin/

acetylene noun: any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.

acetylene: any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne
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Noun

acetylene (countable and uncountable, plural acetylenes)

  1. (countable) Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
    • The acetylene gas lighting in the station offices and platforms at Kyle of Lochalsh recently has been replaced by electric lighting.1951 April, “Notes and News: Improvements at Kyle of Lochalsh”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 281
  2. (uncountable) 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.
  3. A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.
    • Mrs. Winnie had kindly sent her limousine car for them, and it stood throbbing in front of the hotel-entrance, its acetylenes streaming far up the street.1908, Upton Sinclair, The Metropolis, New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, page 69

acetylene meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Malay

acetylene in Tamil

அசற்றலீன், அசற்றிலீன், அசெடடிலீன், ஒள்வளி

acetylene in Kannada

ಅಸಿಟಿಲೀನ್

acetylene in Tagalog

compound with a triple bond
asetileno

acetylene in Malay

compound with a triple bond
asetilena
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acetylene in Indonesian
asetilena
acetylene in Thai
อะเซทิลีน asetthilin

Synonyms of acetylene

Forms of acetylene

pluralacetylenes

Origin of acetylene

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

Words formed from acetylene

Questions about acetylene

What does acetylene mean?
Acetylene means any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
What is acetylene in Tamil?
Acetylene in Tamil is அசற்றலீன், அசற்றிலீன், அசெடடிலீன். See Acetylene meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is acetylene?
Acetylene is a noun.
How do you pronounce acetylene?
Acetylene is pronounced /əˈsɛtəlˌin/.
What is the plural of acetylene?
The plural of acetylene is acetylenes.

Words near acetylene in the dictionary

  1. acetyldigoxin
  2. acetyldigoxins
  3. acetyldihydrocodeine
  4. acetylenation
  5. acetylenations
  6. acetylene
  7. acetylene black
  8. acetylenecarboxylic acid
  9. acetylenediol
  10. acetylenediolate
  11. acetylenediolates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acetylene (page history and authors); acetylene (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); acetylene (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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