Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing or related to the radical methyl.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, methyl; specifically, designating methyl alcohol. See under
methyl .
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- adjective chemistry Pertaining to, derived from, or containing
methyl .
Etymologies
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Examples
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One squad of such neophytes might be entertaining; but when every square mile echoes with their hails, lost, poor babes, within a furlong of their camps, and when the woods become dim and the air civic with their cooking-smokes, and the subtle odor of fried pork overpowers methylic fragrance among the trees, then he who loves forests for their solitude leaves these brethren to their clumsy joys, and wanders elsewhere deeper into sylvan scenes.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Various
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A straight sugar-house sirup when mixed with three times its volume of this strong methylic alcohol will dissolve by stirring, giving a very slight turbidity, which remains suspended; while sirups containing the usual admixture of starch sugar give a very turbid liquid, which separates, when left at rest, into two layers, the lower being a thick viscous deposit containing the glucose sirup.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various
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Weigh out 0.15 gramme of the dried precipitate; rub up in a mortar with 5 c.c. of methylic alcohol (Merck's puriss, for analysis).
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To every 10 litres of the filtrate add 4 litres of glycerine and 1 litre of methylic alcohol.
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Now make up the fluid in the measuring cylinder to 100 c.c. by the addition of more methylic alcohol.
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It may, therefore, be supposed that the decomposition of carbonic acid by leaves brings about the formation of starch through the following transformations: (1) The decomposition of the carbonic acid with emission of oxygen and production of methylic aldehyde; (2) polymerization of methylic aldehyde and formation of glucose; (3) combination of several molecules of glucose with elimination of water; formation of starch.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various
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Chloride of methyl was discovered in 1840 by Messrs. Dumas and Peligot, who obtained it by treating methylic alcohol with a mixture of sea salt and sulphuric acid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 Various
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They also employed isomeric mixtures of the gases; methylic ether, cyanogen, hydrogen, acetylene, and other gases were experimented upon, and the general conclusions are as follows: 1.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. Various
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This formation of a sugar by means of methylic aldehyde is not a simple hypothesis, since, on the one hand, Mr. Loew has executed it by starting from methylic aldehyde, and, on the other, we find this glucose in leaves by using Fehling's solution.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various
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Some other agents used for refrigerating purposes are methylic ether, Pictet's liquid, sulphur dioxide, and ether.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888 Various
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