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[meth-uh
l] 
–adjective Chemistry.
| containing the methyl group. |
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me⋅thyl⋅ic [me-thil-ik, muh-] , adjective
[me-thil-ik, muh-] , adjective methyl-
| a combining form occurring in the names of chemical compounds in which the methyl group is present: methylamine. |
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| meth·yl (měth'əl) n. The univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3-, derived from methane and occurring in many important organic compounds. [French méthyle, back-formation from méthylène, methylene; see methylene.] me·thyl'ic (mə-thĭl'ĭk) adj. |
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Methyl
Meth"yl\, n. [See Methylene.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, CH3, not existing alone but regarded as an essential residue of methane, and appearing as a component part of many derivatives; as, methyl alcohol, methyl ether, methyl amine, etc. [Formerly written also methule, methyle, etc.] Methyl alcohol (Chem.), a light, volatile, inflammable liquid, CH3.OH, obtained by the distillation of wood, and hence called wood spirit; -- called also methol, carbinol, etc. Methyl amine (Chem.), a colorless, inflammable, alkaline gas, CH3.NH2, having an ammoniacal, fishy odor. It is produced artificially, and also occurs naturally in herring brine and other fishy products. It is regarded as ammonia in which a third of its hydrogen is replaced by methyl, and is a type of the class of substituted ammonias. Methyl ether (Chem.), a light, volatile ether CH3.O.CH3, obtained by the etherification of methyl alcohol; -- called also methyl oxide. Methyl green. (Chem.) See under Green, n. Methyl orange. (Chem.) See Helianthin. Methyl violet (Chem.), an artificial dye, consisting of certain methyl halogen derivatives of rosaniline.
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methyl
"univalent hydrocarbon radical," 1844, from Ger. methyl (1840) or Fr. méthyle, back-formation from Fr. méthylène, coined in Fr. 1835 from Gk. methy "wine" + hyle "wood." The word was introduced by Swed. chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779-1848).
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Main Entry: meth·yl
Pronunciation: 'meth-&l, Brit also 'mE-"thIl
Function: noun
: an alkyl group CH3 that is derived frommethane by removal of one hydrogen atom —me·thyl·ic /m&-'thil-ik/ adjective
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methyl meth·yl (měth'əl)
n.
The alkyl group, often a univalent radical, CH3, derived from methane and occurring in many important organic compounds.
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| methyl (měth'əl) Pronunciation Key
The radical CH3, derived from methane. |
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