Associations to the word «Ketene»

Wiktionary

KETENE, noun. (organic chemistry) any of a class of unsaturated ketones, having a general formula R1R2C=C=O, that react as if they were inner acid anhydrides
KETENE, noun. (organic compound) the parent compound of this class, CH2=C=O, an unstable, reactive colourless gas

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca