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单词 methyl alcohol
释义

methyl alcohol


noun Chemistry.

a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH4O, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood or the incomplete oxidation of natural gas, or produced synthetically from carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used chiefly as a solvent, a fuel, and an automobile antifreeze and in the synthesis of formaldehyde.
Also called methanol, wood alcohol, wood spirit.

Origin of methyl alcohol

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby methyl alcohol

Methuselah, methyl, methyl acetate, methylacetic acid, methylal, methyl alcohol, methylamine, methylate, methylated spirits, methylation, methylbenzene
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Example sentences from the Web for methyl alcohol

  • Those stains which are dissolved in methyl-alcohol combine fixation with the staining process.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for methyl alcohol

methyl alcohol

noun

another name for methanol
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for methyl alcohol

methyl alcohol

n.

methanol
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Scientific definitions for methyl alcohol

methyl alcohol

See methanol.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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