Acetone
(commonly used in fingernail polish remover)

ac·e·tone   Pronunciation Key  (s-tn)
n.
A colorless, volatile, extremely flammable liquid ketone, CH3COCH3, widely used as an organic solvent.
ace·tonic (-tnk) adj.
 
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acetone

\Ac"e*tone\, n. [See Acetic.] (Chem.) A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime.

Note: The term in also applied to a number of bodies of similar constitution, more frequently called ketones. See Ketone.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.


acetone

n : a highly flammable liquid ketone widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics [syn: propanone]
Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University