methyl chloride

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noun Chemistry.

a colorless, poisonous gas, CH3Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.

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Also called chloromethane.

Origin of methyl chloride

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby methyl chloride

methylbenzene, methylbenzyl acetate, methyl bromide, methylcatechol, methyl cellulose, methyl chloride, methyl chloroform, methyl chloroformate, methylcyclohexanol, methyldopa, methylene

How to use methyl chloride in a sentence

Although the gene itself stays unchanged, chemicals called methyl groups alter how that gene works.
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This process, known as epigenetics, involves the addition of small chemical tags known as methyl groups to the DNA double helix.
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Just add methyl cellulose, a thickener that can withstand high temperatures.
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Those stains which are dissolved in methyl-alcohol combine fixation with the staining process.
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Chloride of Lime … bad smell … bad egg … white of egg … fowl … grain … flour … flour and water … milk fluid … milk.
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The same effect may be produced by dipping the straw into the chloride of lime dissolved in water.
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There had never been screens on a barn in Bentford before, however, nor any chloride of lime used.
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It gave a bluish-black color with impure ferrous sulphate and a dark color with ferric chloride.
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British Dictionary definitions for methyl chloride

methyl chloride

noun

a colourless gas with an ether-like odour, used as a refrigerant and anaesthetic. Formula: CH 3 ClSystematic name: chloromethane

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