Definition of Acetonic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to acetone.

Partainyms: Acetone
Derivative terms: Acetone

Definition of Acetonic

1. a. Of or pertaining to acetone; as, acetonic bodies.

Definition of Acetonic

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or producing acetone ¹

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Definition of Acetonic

1. acetone [adj] - See also: acetone

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acetonic

acetonaphthone
acetone
acetone-butanol fermentation
acetone-insoluble antigen
acetone body
acetone carboxylase
acetone chloroform
acetone compound
acetone fixative
acetone monooxygenase
acetone peroxide
acetone test
acetonemia
acetonemic
acetones
acetonic (current term)
acetonide
acetonides
acetonitril
acetonitrile
acetonitriles
acetonuria
acetonæmia
acetophenazine
acetophenazine maleate
acetophenetidin
acetophenide
acetophenides
acetophenone
acetophenones

Literary usage of Acetonic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1859)
"The pressed mass consists almost entirely of sal-ammoniac and acetonic acid, and the latter may be dissolved out by ether, and purified by recrystallization ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"We are, therefore, justified in speaking of an acetonic asthma, analogous to the acetonic epilepsy of von Jaksch. The case can, with still greater right, ..."

3. Neurological Bulletin by Frederick Tilney, Columbia University, Dept. of Neurology (1919)
"In the first acetonic portion there pass, besides the water which is mostly removed by the first acetonic extraction, the whole of the cholesterin and a ..."

4. Chemical Recreations, a Popular Manual of Experimental Chemistry by John Joseph Griffin (1860)
"acetonic acid is produced by heating a mixture of acetone, hydrochloric acid, hydrocyanic acid, and water:— CH",C8H'O+HCI)_ f HC'H'O+HC'H'O' acetonic acid. ..."

5. Chemical Reactions: A Popular Manual of Experimental Chemistry by John Joseph Griffin (1860)
".acetonic acid is produced by heating a mixture of acetone, ... C'H'O+HC11 _ )H,C*H'0+H,C'H"O" acetonic acid. -4-H,CN+HHO,HHO/~(NH',C1 Chloride of ammonium. ..."

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