chinone

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chinone - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Quinone \Qui"none\, n. [Quinine + ketone.] (Chem.)
     A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also
     benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic
     acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any
     one of the series of which quinone proper is the type.
     [Written also chinone, kinone.]
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  Chinone \Chi"none\, n. [NL. chinium quinine (see Chinoidine.)
     + -one.] (Chem.)
     See Quinone.
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