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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

acetylene
    n 1: a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in
         organic synthesis [syn: acetylene, ethyne, alkyne]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Acetylene \A*cet"y*lene\, n. (Chem.)
   A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion
   of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a
   colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is
   produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways,
   but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its
   light is very brilliant. --Watts.
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