# metacetone

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. a colourless liquid obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; a mixture of propionaldehyde and other materials

## Etymology
From meta- + acetone, because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone.

## Source
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