ox‧y‧a‧cet‧y‧lene /ˌɒksiəˈsetəliːn◂ $ ˌɑːksiəˈsetl-iːn◂, -ən◂/
noun [uncountable] technical[
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: oxygen + acetylene]
a mixture of oxygen and
acetylene that produces a hot white flame that can cut steel
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