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Acetylene
(n.)
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.