ketone
Meaning of ketone
noun
an organic compound containing a carbonyl group =C=O bonded to two hydrocarbon groups, made by oxidizing secondary alcohols. The simplest such compound is acetone.
mid 19th century: from German Keton, alteration of Aketon ‘acetone’.
Information about ketone
- It is a name.
- The plural form of ketone is: ketones.
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Hyphenation of ketone
ke-tone
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- ketone is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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Words that rhyme with ketone
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