Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless flammable liquid acetal, C3H8O2, used as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes, adhesives, and protective coatings.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Methylene dimethyl ether, CH2(OCH3)2, a liquid product of the oxidation of methylic alcohol. It has a pleasant odor, and by oxidation passes into formic acid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A light, volatile liquid, H2C(OCH3)2, regarded as a complex ether, and having a pleasant ethereal odor. It is obtained by the partial oxidation of methyl alcohol. Called also
formal .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry
Dimethoxymethane .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[methyl + –al.]
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methyl + -al
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In addition to formaldehyde, paraformaldehyde, trioxymethylene, methylal, hexamethylene-tetramine, and other substances containing a reactive methylene group, as well as acetaldehyde, benzaldehyde and other aldehydes may be employed to induce reaction.
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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