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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 acet·y·lene /əˈsɛtḷən, tḷˌin/
 乙炔,電石氣
From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典
 acet·y·lene /əˈsɛtḷən, ḷˌɪn/ 名詞
 乙炔,炔
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 A·cet·y·lene n. Chem. A gaseous compound of carbon and hydrogen, in the proportion of two atoms of the former to two of the latter. It is a colorless gas, with a peculiar, unpleasant odor, and is produced for use as an illuminating gas in a number of ways, but chiefly by the action of water on calcium carbide. Its light is very brilliant.
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 acetylene
      n : a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in
          organic synthesis [syn: ethyne, alkyne]