dimethyl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dimethyl
Example Sentences
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Thanks to the food chain, it seems, the creation dimethyl sulfide can take place not just in the surface layer of the ocean, but inside herring guts as well.
From Salon • May 31, 2025
A few of the most prominent of these in A. titanum are oligosulfides like dimethyl disulfide and dimethyl trisulfide.
From Salon • May 27, 2025
This suggested that microscopic plankton living on the surface of the seas produce sulfur in the form of a gas, dimethyl sulphide, that once in the atmosphere, oxidizes and forms small particles called aerosols.
From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024
"It may not seem like much, but methanethiol is more efficient at oxidising and forming aerosols than dimethyl sulfide and, therefore, its climate impact is magnified," said co-lead Dr Julián Villamayor, a researcher at IQF-CSIC.
From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024
Xylol, zī′lol, n. any of the metameric dimethyl benzenes.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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