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toluol

American  
[tol-yoo-ohl, -awl] / ˈtɒl juˌoʊl, -ˌɔl /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. toluene.

  2. the commercial form of toluene.


toluol British  
/ ˈtɒljʊˌɒl /

noun

  1. another name for toluene

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of toluol

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

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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

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

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

Owing to the extraction of benzol and toluol from gas for the purpose of making high-explosives it is stated that consumers may have to put up with some decrease in illuminating power.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 150, February 2, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Iodine-eosine is a red compound easily soluble in water, which is not soluble in ether, chloroform, or toluol.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by Myers, W.

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