asetilena

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• asetilen (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Dutch acetyleen, from French acétylène, coined by French chemist Marcellin Berthelot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.se.tiˈle.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: a‧se‧ti‧le‧na

Noun

asetilena

1. acetylene
   1. (organic chemistry, countable) any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne
   2. (organic chemistry, uncountable) ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odourless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy