glycol

[glahy-kawl, -kol]

noun

Also called ethylene glycol, ethylene alcohol. a colorless, sweet liquid, C2H6O2, used chiefly as an automobile antifreeze and as a solvent.

Also called diol. any of a group of alcohols containing two hydroxyl groups.

Origin of glycol

First recorded in 1855–60; glyc(erin) + (alcoh)ol

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Historical Examples of glycol

On boiling with water, it decomposes into glycol and trimethylamine.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection
Alexander Wynter Blyth
No glycollic acid, oxalic acid, glycol, or glycerol was produced.
Alcoholic Fermentation
Arthur Harden
Glycol, glī′kol, n. the type of a class of artificial compounds forming chemically a link between alcohol and glycerine.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)
Various
Glycol is heated in a distillery apparatus to 148 C., and a slow current of dry hydrochloric acid passed through it.
Scientific American, September 29, 1883 Supplement. No. 404
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British Dictionary definitions for glycol

glycol

noun

another name (not in technical usage) for ethanediol, diol

Derived Formsglycolic or glycollic (ɡlaɪˈkɒlɪk), adjective

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