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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PYROACETIC
Pyr `o *a *
ce
"
tic,
a.
Etym:
[
Pyro-
+
acetic:
cf.
F. pyroacétique.]
(
Chem.
)
Defn: Pertaining
to,
and
designating,
a
substance
(
acetone
)
obtained
by
the
distillation
of
the
acetates.
It
is
now
called
also
pyroacetic
ether,
and
formerly
was
called
pyroacetic
spirit.
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