glycol

glycol [glahy-kawl, -kol] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. Also called ethylene glycol, ethylene alcohol. a colorless, sweet liquid, C2H6O2, used chiefly as an automobile antifreeze and as a solvent.
2. Also called diol. any of a group of alcohols containing two hydroxyl groups.

Origin of glycol First recorded in 1855–60; glyc(erin) + (alcoh)ol Examples from the Web for glycol Historical Examples of glycol

On boiling with water, it decomposes into glycol and trimethylamine.

Poisons: Their Effects and Detection

Alexander Wynter Blyth

No glycollic acid, oxalic acid, glycol, or glycerol was produced.

Alcoholic Fermentation

Arthur Harden

Glycol, glī′kol, n. the type of a class of artificial compounds forming chemically a link between alcohol and glycerine.

Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)

Various

Glycol is heated in a distillery apparatus to 148 C., and a slow current of dry hydrochloric acid passed through it.

Scientific American, September 29, 1883 Supplement. No. 404

Various

British Dictionary definitions for glycol glycol noun

1. another name (not in technical usage) for ethanediol, diol

Derived Formsglycolic or glycollic (ɡlaɪˈkɒlɪk), adjective glycol in Medicine glycol [glī′kôl′, -kōl′] n.

1. Any of various alcohols containing two hydroxyl groups.
2. Ethylene glycol.

glycol in Science glycol [glī′kôl′, -kōl′]

1. See ethylene glycol.
2. Any of various alcohols containing two hydroxyl groups (OH).