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Definition of Glycols
1. glycol [n] - See also: glycol
Medical Definition of Glycols
1. A generic grouping for dihydric alcohols with the hydroxy groups (-oh) located on different carbon atoms. They are viscous liquids with high boiling points for their molecular weights. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycols
Literary usage of Glycols
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1873)
"The haloid ethers corresponding to the higher glycols are similar in their ...
But the mono-acid haloid ethers of the glycols are decomposed by alkalies in ..."
2. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"The Geneva names are obtained for the glycols by attaching the final syllable "diol"
to the name ... glycols differ from the monohydric alcohols just as the ..."
3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"These bodies all resemble alcohols in their properties, and are termed polyethylene
alcohol* by Wurtz, or condensed glycols, glycol being formed on the ..."
4. Principles of Chemistry, Founded on Modern Theories by Alfred Naquet, William Cortis, Thomas Stevenson (1868)
"Like simple glycols, the condensed glycols can exchange hydrogen for oxygen, and
give rise to acids. Up to the present time this property has ..."
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