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methanolysis

methanolysis noun: alcoholysis using methanol.

Noun

methanolysis (uncountable)

  1. alcoholysis using methanol

Origin of methanolysis

From methane + -o- + -lysis.

Questions about methanolysis

What does methanolysis mean?
Methanolysis means alcoholysis using methanol.
What part of speech is methanolysis?
Methanolysis is a noun.

Words near methanolysis in the dictionary

  1. methanols
  2. methanolysate
  3. methanolysates
  4. methanolyse
  5. methanolysed
  6. methanolysis
  7. methanolysized
  8. methanometer
  9. methanometers
  10. methanone
  11. methanones

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