ACETONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acetone mean? 

• ACETONE (noun)
  The noun ACETONE has 1 sense:

1. the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics

  Familiarity information: ACETONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACETONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

acetone; dimethyl ketone; propanone

Hypernyms ("acetone" is a kind of...):

ketone (any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals)

dissolvent; dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)

Derivation:

acetonic (of or relating to acetone)

 Context examples 

The smell of acetone is one indication that a person may have diabetes.

(Formation of Ketone Bodies from Acetyl-CoA Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

It is used in the manufacture of acetone and its derivatives and as a solvent.

(Isopropyl Alcohol, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Acetone is the simplest ketone compound.

(Ketone, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic, white crystalline solid that is slightly soluble in water and benzene, soluble in acetone and very soluble in pyrimidine.

(Phenacetin, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic, white crystalline solid that is practically insoluble in water and soluble in ether, chloroform, carbon disulfide, benzene, alcohol and acetone.

(Paradichlorobenzene, NCI Thesaurus)

Then perhaps I had better postpone my analysis of the acetones, as we may need to be at our best in the morning.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In industry, acetone is used in some plastics, fibers, medicines, household cleaners, glues, and nail polish removers.

(Acetone, NCI Dictionary)

This species is motile, sporulating and produces acetone, butanol and ethanol in fermentation systems using maize mash, molasses, and other feedstocks.

(Clostridium acetobutylicum, NCI Thesaurus)

Acetone is toxic in high doses.

(Acetone, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the ketone bodies (acetone, acetoacetic acid, beta-hydroxybutyric acid, beta-ketopentanoate and beta-hydroxypentanoate) in a biological specimen.

(Ketone BodyMeasurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)