toluol

American  

[tol-yoo-ohl, -awl] / ˈtɒl yuˌoʊl, -ˌɔl /

noun

Chemistry.

1. toluene.

2. the commercial form of toluene.

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toluol British  

/ ˈtɒljʊˌɒl /

noun

1. another name for toluene

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Etymology

Origin of toluol

First recorded in 1835–45; tolu + -ol ²

Example Sentences

War boomed the Koppers business because it cut off the German supply of such explosive coal derivatives as ammonia, benzol, toluol.

From Time Magazine Archive

A variation of the same process is now used by Humble Oil in a new plant which makes 30,000,000 gallons of synthetic toluol a year for TNT.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well might the company contend that "treason" was a queer name for a deal that gave the U.S. buna, aviation gas, toluol.

From Time Magazine Archive

With reorganization of transportational facilities, she can furnish from 6,000,000 to 10,000,000 tons of coal and coke, as well as benzol toluol, anthracen phenol, naphthalin and other valuable coal tar derivatives; about 90,000 tons of coal tar; sulphuric acid, ammonium salts and many other raw and semi-manufactured products.

From Project Gutenberg

After that he drew off the serum into a little tube, covered it with a layer of a substance called toluol from another sterile pipette, and finally placed it in an incubator at a temperature of about ninety-eight.

From Project Gutenberg