[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Any of five acetates of glycerol, which are thick oily liquids used as solvents and plasticizers; specifically = monoacetin. Compare also "diacetin", "triacetin".


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society. From French acétine from acét- (in acétique) + -ine, after glycérine