Associations to the word «Ethyne»

Wiktionary

ETHYNE, noun. (organic compound) The official IUPAC name for the organic chemical compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H2.

Dictionary definition

ETHYNE, noun. A colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats