triacetone

T1R1I1A1C3E1T1O1N1E1

noun

Three acetone substituents in another compound.

Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nountriacetone (uncountable)
  1. in compoundsuncountablechemistryThree acetone substituents in another compound.

    At the detention hearing, Mr. Neff reiterated that Mr. Zazi had e-mailed himself bomb-making instructions and had been shopping for the components to make the explosives, triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, from beauty supply stores.

    2009 September 26, William K. Rashbaum, “Terror Suspect Is Transferred to New York for Trial”, in New York Times

Origin

From tri- + acetone.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tetraenoicectoretinaoctatriene
Cite this entry
APA

triacetone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triacetone

MLA

“triacetone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triacetone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triacetone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triacetone.

Source: triacetone on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.