acetylene

What does acetylene mean?

acetylene means "a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis".

How many syllables are in acetylene?

acetylene has 4 syllables: a-cet-y-lene. The stress falls on "cet". In IPA it is /əˈsɛtəˌlin/.

What is another word for acetylene?

Close synonyms include ethyne, alkyne. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acetylene a common word?

acetylene is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with acetylene?

24 words rhyme with acetylene. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for acetylene come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.