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glycols

glycols is the plural of glycol.

Meaning of glycol

Noun

glycol (plural glycols)

  1. Any aliphatic diol.
  2. A thick, colourless liquid, C₂H₄(OH)₂, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds and used as an antifreeze; ethylene glycol.

Phrases with glycols

Questions about glycols

What is glycols the plural of?
Glycols is the plural of glycol.

Words near glycols in the dictionary

  1. glycollates
  2. glycollic
  3. glycollic acid
  4. glycolmethacrylate
  5. glycolonitrile
  6. glycols
  7. glycoluric
  8. glycoluril
  9. glycolurils
  10. glycolyl
  11. glycolylation

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