Methylal Definition

mĕthə-lăl
noun
A colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, CH3OCH2OCH3, that smells like chloroform: it is produced by the incomplete oxidation of methanol and is used as a solvent and in perfumes, organic synthesis, etc.
Webster's New World

(organic chemistry) Dimethoxymethane.

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Noun

Singular:
methylal
Plural:
methylals

Origin of Methylal

  • methyl +"Ž -al

    From Wiktionary

  • methyl –al

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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