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OXYACETYLENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("oxyacetylene" is a kind of...):
mixture ((chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding))
Meronyms (substance of "oxyacetylene"):
acetylene; alkyne; ethyne (a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis)
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