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METHANOL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol
Synonyms:
methanol; methyl alcohol; wood alcohol; wood spirit
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("methanol" is a kind of...):
alcohol (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)
fuel (a substance that can be consumed to produce energy)
Meronyms (substance of "methanol"):
allyl alcohol; propenyl alcohol (an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals)
Context examples:
But the researchers think the carbon monoxide might have reacted with hydrogen to form methanol.
(NASA Telescope Studies Quirky Comet 45P, NASA)
Though previous observations found hints of methanol in the LMC, the latter two are unprecedented findings and stand as the most complex molecules ever conclusively detected outside of our galaxy.
(Stellar Embryos in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Contain Surprisingly Complex Organic Molecules, National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
In its typical form, formalin is 37% formaldehyde by weight (40% by volume), 6-13% methanol, and the rest water.
(Formaldehyde Solution, NCI Thesaurus)
Fomepizole prevents the metabolism of ethylene glycol and methanol by alcohol dehydrogenase, thereby inhibiting the formation of their toxic metabolites, glycolate and oxalate (from ethylene glycol), and formic acid (from methanol).
(Fomepizole, NCI Thesaurus)
New observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), however, have uncovered the surprisingly clear chemical fingerprints of the complex organic molecules methanol, dimethyl ether, and methyl formate.
(Stellar Embryos in Nearby Dwarf Galaxy Contain Surprisingly Complex Organic Molecules, National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
