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}.] [1913 Webster]
Chinone \Chi"none\, n. [NL. chinium quinine (see {Chinoidine}.) + -one.] (Chem.) See {Quinone}. [1913 Webster]