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glycol ether

glycol ether noun: an alkyl ether that is based on glycols such as ethylene glycol or propylene glycol.

Noun

glycol ether (plural glycol ethers)

  1. An alkyl ether that is based on glycols such as ethylene glycol or propylene glycol.

Forms of glycol ether

pluralglycol ethers

Questions about glycol ether

What does glycol ether mean?
Glycol ether means an alkyl ether that is based on glycols such as ethylene glycol or propylene glycol.
What part of speech is glycol ether?
Glycol ether is a noun.
What is the plural of glycol ether?
The plural of glycol ether is glycol ethers.

Words near glycol ether in the dictionary

  1. glycoinositolphospholipid
  2. glycoinositolphospholipids
  3. glycoisoform
  4. glycoisoforms
  5. glycol
  6. glycol ether
  7. glycol nucleic acid
  8. glycol nucleic acids
  9. glycolaldehyde
  10. glycolaldehydes
  11. glycolamide

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