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Acetylene

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Meaning

Noun

In Organic chemistry:
Any
having one or more carbon–carbon
; an alkyne.
In Organic compounds:
Ethyne; the
, a
of
HC≡CH. It is a
,
,
,
, formerly used as an
, but now used in
and metallurgy.
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acetylene
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acétylène
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