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meth⋅a⋅nol

  [meth-uh-nawl, -nol]
–noun Chemistry.
methyl alcohol.
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Origin:
1890–95; methane + -ol 1
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methyl alcohol

 
–noun Chemistry.
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH4O, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood or the incomplete oxidation of natural gas, or produced synthetically from carbon monoxide and hydrogen, used chiefly as a solvent, a fuel, and an automobile antifreeze and in the synthesis of formaldehyde.
Also called methanol, wood alcohol, wood spirit.

Origin:
1840–50
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meth·a·nol   (měth'ə-nôl', -nōl', -nŏl')   
n.  A colorless, toxic, flammable liquid, CH3OH, used as an antifreeze, a general solvent, a fuel, and a denaturant for ethyl alcohol. Also called carbinol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirits.

[methan(e) + -ol1.]
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Word Origin & History

methanol 
"methyl alcohol," 1894 (adopted in international scientific community in 1892), from meth(yl) + -ol, suffix denoting "alcohol."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: meth·a·nol
Pronunciation: 'meth-&-"nol, -"nOl
Function: noun
: a light volatile pungent flammable poisonous liquid alcoholCH3OH formed in the destructive distillation of wood or made synthetically and used especially as a solvent, antifreeze, or denaturant for ethyl alcohol and in the synthesis of otherchemicals called also carbinol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol

Main Entry: methyl alcohol
Function: noun
: METHANOL
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methanol meth·a·nol (měth'ə-nôl', -nōl')
n.
A colorless, toxic, flammable liquid used as an antifreeze, a general solvent, a fuel, and a denaturant for ethyl alcohol. Also called carbinol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol.

methyl alcohol n.
See methanol.

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methanol   (měth'ə-nôl')  Pronunciation Key 
A colorless, toxic, flammable liquid used as a general solvent, antifreeze, and fuel. Also called methyl alcohol, wood alcohol. Chemical formula: CH4O.
methyl alcohol  
See methanol.
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