-one (?). [From Gr. -w`nh, signifying, female descendant.] Chem.

A suffix indicating that the substance, in the name of which it appears, is a ketone; as, acetone.

 

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-one.Chem.

A termination indicating that the hydrocarbon to the name of which it is affixed belongs to the fourth series of hydrocarbons, or the third series of unsaturated hydrocarbonsl as, nonone.

 

© Webster 1913.

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