a colourless soluble, poisonous liquid used as a solvent. Formula: (C2H4OH)2O
diethylene glycol in American English
(daiˈeθəˌlin)
noun
Chemistry
a syrupy colorless liquid, C4H10O3, used as a solvent for cellulose nitrate and as a fabric softener
Also called: diglycol
Word origin
[di-1 + ethylene]di- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “two,” “twice,” “double”(diphthong). On this model, di- is freely used in the formation of compound words (dicotyledon; dipolar) and in chemical terms (diatomic; disulfide)
Examples of 'diethylene glycol' in a sentence
diethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol, methanol, and diethylene glycol are readily available in many household and commercially available products.
Heidi L. Erickson 2016, 'Case Report of a Fatal Antifreeze Ingestion with a Record High Level and ImpressiveRenal Crystal Deposition', Case Reports in Critical Carehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3101476. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Besides, the quantification model was also established for determining the concentration of diethylene glycol in the preparations.
Lihui Yin, Xuebo Zhang, Xiaodong Li, Shaohong Jin 2014, 'Development and implementation of incident response near-infrared models for analyzingcontaminated medicines containing diethylene glycol solvent', Journal of Innovative Optical Health Scienceshttp://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/S1793545814500357. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Diethylene glycol, ethylene glycol and ethanol were detected, but remained within limits authorized for food and pharmaceutical products.
Vincent Varlet, Konstantinos Farsalinos, Marc Augsburger, Aurélien Thomas, Jean-FrançoisEtter 2015, 'Toxicity Assessment of Refill Liquids for Electronic Cigarettes', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthhttp://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/5/4796. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)