oxyacetylene

Meanings

nounoxyacetylene (uncountable)

uncountablechemistryA mixture of oxygen and acetylene, which burns at a high temperature and is used for cutting and welding metals.
Told a knock-kneed ghetto queen, "Get the head fiend – / Tell him it's from Medellin and use oxyacetylene"
2002, “All Outta Ale”, in Daniel Dumile (lyrics), The Prof. Meets the Super Villain, performed by MF Doom and The Prof.

adjectiveoxyacetylene (not comparable)

not comparableUsing this mixture.
an oxyacetylene torch
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The first stage of the demolition work consisted of removing, by oxy-acetylene cutting, the whole of the plate floor, cross-girders, and lattice parapets.
1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 53

Greek οξυγονοκόλληση

οξυγονοκόλληση (oxygonokóllisi)a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; burns at a high temperature and is used for cutting and welding metals

Italian ossiacetilenico

Tagalog oksiasetilina

oksiasetilinaa mixture of oxygen and acetylene; burns at a high temperature and is used for cutting and welding metals

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