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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

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

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

The raw material is a coal-tar naphtha called toluene or toluol, which is also the raw material for saccharin, a sweetening agent made from coal-tar.

From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert

Small quantities of toluol are allowed to boil for a few minutes in the boiler, and the copper-plate soon reaches the temperature of 107°-110°.

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

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