glycol

[ glahy-kawl, -kol ]

/ ˈglaɪ kɔl, -kɒl /

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.

Nearby words

glycogenic, glycogenic acid, glycogenolysis, glycogenosis, glycogenous, glycol, glycolaldehyde, glycolate, glycolic, glycolic acid, glycolic aciduria

Origin of glycol

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

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Examples from the Web for glycol

No glycollic acid, oxalic acid, glycol, or glycerol was produced.
Alcoholic Fermentation|Arthur Harden
On boiling with water, it decomposes into glycol and trimethylamine.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
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|Various

British Dictionary definitions for glycol

glycol

/ (ˈɡlaɪkɒl) /

noun

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

Derived Forms

glycolic or glycollic (ɡlaɪˈkɒlɪk), adjective

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Medicine definitions for glycol

glycol

[ glī′kôl′, -kōl′ ]

n.

Any of various alcohols containing two hydroxyl groups.

Ethylene glycol.

Science definitions for glycol

glycol

[ glī′kôl′, -kōl′ ]

See ethylene glycol.

Any of various alcohols containing two hydroxyl groups (OH).