Glycol

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Ethylene glycol.
  • n. Any of various alcohols containing two hydroxyl groups.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any aliphatic diol.
  • n. A thick, colourless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds and used as an antifreeze; ethylene glycol.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin.
  • n. Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The general name of a class of compounds intermediate in their properties and chemical relations between alcohol and glycerol, or the bodies of which these are the types.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent
  • n. any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    antifreeze    alcohol   
    Cross Reference
    diethene glycol   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    glycerol    propylene    terephthalate    ethylene    glycols   
     
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