Methylal Definition
mĕthə-lăl
noun
A colorless, volatile, flammable liquid, CH3OCH2OCH3, that smells like chloroform: it is produced by the incomplete oxidation of methanol and is used as a solvent and in perfumes, organic synthesis, etc.
Webster's New World
(organic chemistry) Dimethoxymethane.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Methylal
Noun
Singular:
methylal
Plural:
methylalsOrigin of Methylal
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methyl +"Ž -al
From Wiktionary
methyl –al
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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