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methylator
Variant of methylate
noun
a compound derived from methanol, in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal
transitive verb methylated, methylating
- to mix with methanol, often in order to make the resulting mixture undrinkable
- to introduce a methyl group into (a compound)
Related Forms:
- methylation noun
- methylator noun
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