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ACETAL

\ˈasɪtə͡l], \ˈasɪtə‍l], \ˈa_s_ɪ_t_əl]\

Definitions of ACETAL

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A limpid, colorless, inflammable liquid from the slow oxidation of alcohol under the influence of platinum black.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A fluid devoid of color with hypnotic properties.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Diethylacetal; a colorless liquid, C6H14O2. used as a hypnotic.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: ethyldene, diethylether. A colorless mobile liquid, C2H5 (OC2H5)2, produced by the incomplete oxidation of ethyl alcohol. Used as a hypnotic in doses of. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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