Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An organic compound, especially ethane, containing two methyl groups.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ethane . - noun A combining form used in organic chemistry to indicate the presence of two methyl-groups in the molecule of a compound.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Ethane; -- sometimes so called because regarded as consisting of two methyl radicals. See
ethane .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry (in combination) Two
methyl groups in amolecule .
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Examples
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"We were looking to make a commercially viable 'cool-off' product, and came across a cooling substance called dimethyl ether," says Hiroya Iida , an operations representative at Iida.
Dog Days of Summer in Japan Call for Quirky Ways to Stay Cool Mariko Sanchanta 2011
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Blue Fuel, a chemical compound called dimethyl ether, takes excess carbon dioxide from natural gas plants, combines it with water, energy, and the appropriate conductive material and produces a clean-burning fuel that has a wide range of industrial and commercial applications.
TheTyee.ca Max Fawcett 2010
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Graham Jones and his team at Southern Cross University in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, demonstrated that algae living in coral tissue produce a gas called dimethyl sulphide
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Graham Jones and his team at Southern Cross University in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, demonstrated that algae living in coral tissue produce a gas called dimethyl sulphide
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Graham Jones and his team at Southern Cross University in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, demonstrated that algae living in coral tissue produce a gas called dimethyl sulphide
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Plankton release a chemical called dimethyl sulphide into the atmosphere which helps cloud droplets form.
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Five years ago, Graham Jones and his team at Southern Cross University in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, demonstrated that algae living in coral tissue produce a gas called dimethyl sulphide (DMS).
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Five years ago, Graham Jones and his team at Southern Cross University in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, demonstrated that algae living in coral tissue produce a gas called dimethyl sulphide (DMS).
Analysis 2010
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Five years ago, Graham Jones and his team at Southern Cross University in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, demonstrated that algae living in coral tissue produce a gas called dimethyl sulphide (DMS).
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The sofas, which were manufactured in China, were packed with sachets of an anti-mould chemical called dimethyl-fumarate to stop them from going mouldy during storage in humid conditions.
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