Pinacone

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pinacone \Pin"a*cone\, n. [From Gr. ?, ?, a tablet. So called
     because it unites with water so as to form tablet-shaped
     crystals.] (Chem.)
     A white crystalline substance related to the glycols, and
     made from acetone; hence, by extension, any one of a series
     of substances of which pinacone proper is the type. [Written


     also {pinakone}.]
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