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carbinol Definition

car·bi·nol (kär′bə nôl′, -nōl′)

noun

  1. methanol
  2. any alcohol bearing a homologous relation to methanol, as diethyl carbinol

Etymology: Ger < carbin (name used by A. Kolbe, 19th-c. Ger chemist, for the methyl radical) + -ol

Browse dictionary entries near carbinol

  1. ‹ carbineer
  2. ‹ carbine
  3. ‹ carbide
  4. ‹ carbazole
  5. ‹ carbanion
  6. ‹ carbamic acid
  7. ‹ carbamate
  8. ‹ carb-
  9. ‹ carb
  10. ‹ caraway
  1. carbo ›
  2. carbo- ›
  3. carbocyclic ›
  4. carbohydrate ›
  5. carbolated ›
  6. carbolic acid ›
  7. carbolize ›
  8. carbon ›
  9. carbon-14 ›
  10. carbon bisulfide ›