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propyleneglycol

propyleneglycol is the alternative form of propylene glycol.

Meaning of propylene glycol

Noun

propylene glycol (countable and uncountable, plural propylene glycols)

  1. (uncountable) α-propyleneglycol, 1,2-propanediol, CH₃CH(OH)CH₂OH, a thick oily liquid, used as an antifreeze and in many industrial applications
  2. (countable) propandiol, any propane chain with two alcohol functional groups attached

Forms of propyleneglycol

pluralpropyleneglycols

Questions about propyleneglycol

What is propyleneglycol the alternative form of?
Propyleneglycol is the alternative form of propylene glycol.

Words near propyleneglycol in the dictionary

  1. propylene
  2. propylene glycol
  3. propylene glycols
  4. propylene oxide
  5. propylene oxides
  6. propyleneglycol
  7. propyleneglycols
  8. propyleneoxide
  9. propylenes
  10. propylenic
  11. propylhexedrine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: propyleneglycol (page history and authors); propylene glycol (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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