"butanone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: butanones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} butanone (countable and uncountable, plural butanones)
  1. (organic chemistry) A simple aliphatic ketone, CH₃CH₂COCH₃, prepared industrially as a solvent, for use in the manufacture of paints etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Synonyms: 2-butanone, ethylmethylketone, methyl ethyl ketone (english: abbreviation: MEK), methylpropanone Translations (the simple aliphatic ketone: CH3CH2COCH3): 丁酮 (dīngtóng) (Chinese Mandarin), butanoni (Finnish), butanone (French), butanona [feminine] (Portuguese), butanona [feminine] (Spanish), metiletilcetona [feminine] (Spanish), butanon [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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