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acetylene

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for acetylene.

Editorial note

You can't confuse acetylene or nitrogen, old or new style; acetylene uses maroon for the whole bottle, nitrogen uses black for the shoulder only.

Examples19
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of acetylene gathered in one view.

noun

A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.

noun

(organic chemistry, countable) Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.

noun

(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.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for acetylene.

noun

A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.

noun

(organic chemistry, countable) Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.

noun

(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.

Example sentences

1

You can't confuse acetylene or nitrogen, old or new style; acetylene uses maroon for the whole bottle, nitrogen uses black for the shoulder only.

2

Also, having a rosebud torch with Oxygen + Acetylene is a must if you find yourself dealing with rusty bolts often.

3

All sorts of additives to the fuel were tried in the hope of alleviating the condition, among them methylamine and acetylene.

4

Everybody had a shop, which included torches, electric and acetylene, a wide range of tools.

5

You need an oxy acetylene torch, which is the solution to about all handyman problems.

6

Criminals fill machines with propane or acetylene then ignite the gas, or use external bombs.

7

Just because some idiot can pick up an oxy-acetylene torch and cut and weld some metal together doesn't make them an aerospace engineer.

8

A lot more criminals have access to a $2 file than can get their hands on a stamping machine, or even an acetylene torch.

9

Empty soda or beer cans full of oxygen and acetylene, yee haw.

10

Oh and the regulator is different because acetylene comes out of a coke bottle solution like CO2 out of soda, but hydrogen comes out of a tank like O2 so the pressures are a bit higher.

11

Bull market for acetylene gas and mountain wranglers.

12

I suppose I'd reach for an acetylene torch in a cold workshop.

Quote examples

1

Canned ethane or ethyne ("acetylene") then.

2

Richard Fynman said that there is "no physical law against creating a personal nanofactory", like a 3d printer, to print anything from basically air, dirt and some Acetylene gas (for added carbon).

3

"Hmm, is this acetylene or nitrogen?" That's not even getting into the whole red-green color blindness issue that could lead to confusing 'Flammable' with 'Inert' contents.

4

Things like a 3/4" BIP flying pipe bomb launched with a D engine, an acetylene/oxygen filled kids punching balloon airlifted by helium balloons connected to 10 feet of slow-burn fireworks fuse, balsa model rockets with their cones hollowed out and filled with black powder, etc.

Proper noun examples

1

The Oxy-Acetylene mixture for cutting steel, fill a ziploc bag with it.

2

No malicious intent, I blew up a bag of Oxygen/Acetylene on my school's football field.

3

Acetylene ignites, but that's generally what you want anyway, right?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use acetylene in a sentence?

You can't confuse acetylene or nitrogen, old or new style; acetylene uses maroon for the whole bottle, nitrogen uses black for the shoulder only.

What does acetylene mean?

A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.

What part of speech is acetylene?

acetylene is commonly used as noun.